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OFFICERS

OF THE

ARMY AND NAVY

(REGULAR)

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

EDITED BY

MAJOR WILLIAM H. POWELL, U. S. ARMY,

AND

MEDICAL-DIRECTOR EDWARD SHIPPEN, U. S. NAVY.

PUBLISHED BY

L. R. HAMERSLY & CO.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

I 8 0 2.

No.

762

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Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.

PREFACE.

The thought which inspired the publication of this volume was that of gathering together, in
one work, the faces and life-sketches of as many as possible of the officers of the Regular Army
and Navy who served during the Civil War, not that they themselves might view their own pictures
and records, but that future generations might read with pride of the part their ancestors played,
and look with pleasure on the faces of those who acted in the great tragedy for the preservation
of our noble and powerful republic, at a time when its existence as a single government seemed
about to terminate.

The volume contains not only the pictures and sketches of the greatest of our generals and
admirals, but those of men who did their part in the great struggle, whether with sword or
rifle, although of a minor character, and who will feel proud of occupying places beside those
of such great distinction as Grant, Farragut, Sherman, Porter, Sheridan, and others.

Old comrades, who have not met for years, will also be pleased to see how Time is dealing
with the living, and will gaze with fondness on the faces of those who no longer respond to the
bugle's call, or have sailed to "unknown seas."

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY

(REGULAR)

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

REAR-ADMIRAL JAMES ALDEN, U.S.N.

Iames Alden was born in Maine. Appointed mid-
shipman from same State April i, [828. Promoted to
passed midshipman June 14, 1834; Navy- Yard, Boston,
1835; exploring expedition around the world 1838-42.
Commissioned as lieutenant February 25, 1841 ; Naval
Station, Boston, 1843 ; frigate " Constitution," around the
world, second time, 1 844-46 ; while attached to this vessel,
commanded a boat expedition ami cut out several war-
junks from under the guns of the fort at Zuron Bay,
Cochin-China ; Home Squadron during Mexican war
present at the capture of Vera Cruz, Tuspan, and Tobasco
Naval Station, Boston, 1847; Coast Survey, 1848-60
made a reconnoissance of all the West coast. In the
winter of 1855-56, during the Indian war in Puget Sound,
volunteered with the surveying steamer "Active," to co-
operate with the army, and rendered important aid in
bringing the war to a close ; by his timely arrival in the
spring of the same year, at San Juan Island, prevented a
collision between the British naval forces and the United
States troops ; assisted in landing troops enough to hold
the island in dispute against the threatened attack of the
British. Commissioned as commander September 14,
1855 ; commanding the steamer" South Carolina," at the
commencement of the Rebellion, May, 1861 ; reinforced
Fort Pickens, while blockading Galveston, Texas; had a
fight with the batteries in the rear of the city ; while there,
captured thirteen schooners laden with merchandise;
commanded sloop " Richmond," at the passage of Forts
Jackson and St. Philip, and the engagement with Chal-
mette batteries and defences of New Orleans ; passage
of Vicksburg batteries twice; Port Hudson, 1862-63.
Commissioned as captain January 2, 1863; commanded

steam-sloop" Brooklyn," in the action with Forts Morgan
and Gaines, and the rebel gunboats in Mobile Bay ; com-
manded in two attacks on Fort Fisher. Captain Alden
took a prominent part in all the great naval battles of the
war, and was handsomely mentioned in the official re-
ports. Commissioned as commodore July 25, 1866;
commanding steam-sloop " Susquehanna," special service,
1867; commanding steam-frigate "Minnesota," special
service, 1867-68; commandant Navy-Yard, Mare Island,
California, 1868-69; chief of Bureau of Navigation and
Detail, Navy Department, 1869-71. Promoted to rear-
admiral 1 871; commanding European Squadron 1872.
Retired 1873. Died 1877.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

REAR-ADMIRAL Ji >HN J. AI.MY. U.S.N.

John J. Ai \n was born in Rhode Island in [815, and
appointed a midshipman at fourteen. After a cruise in
the Mediterranean, and another on the coast of Brazil,
he was promoted passed midshipman [835. After serv-
ing in the receiving ship " New York" he was attached
to the " Cyane," in the Mediterranean, as acting-master
and navigator, for three years. In March, 1 841, he was
commissioned as lieutenant, and served in the West Indies
and on the coast of Africa. He was next attached to the
" < >hio," 74, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific,
during the Mexican war. lie was at the siege ami
capture of Vera Cruz, and the capture of Tuspan. In
the latter part of the war, 1 848, he commanded one of
the forts at Mazatlan, during the occupation by the navy.
Following this came a service of five years upon the
coast survey ; and then he was ordered to command the
" Fulton," during the operations on the coast of Central
America, consequent upon General Walker's doings in
that region. Walker surrendered to Rear-Admiral Pauld-
ing on board the " Fulton," at Nicaragua. The admiral
complimented Lieutenant Almy very highly, saying,
" He performed his part of the work exceedingly well.
and is an officer who can he relied upon at all times."
Lieutenant Almy then commanded the " Fulton," in the
Paraguay Expedition, and, upon her return, was attached

to the New York Navy-Yrard. He was made commander
in April, 1861, as the civil war broke out. He was then
constantly in command on the Atlantic coast. While
commanding the " Connecticut," he captured and sent in
four noted blockade-running steamers, with valuable car-
goes. He ran ashore and destroyed four others.

Commissioned as captain March, 1865. Commanded
the "Juniata," in a cruise to the coast of Africa and the
coast of Brazil. While on the coast of Brazil he rescued
the Brazilian brig "Americo" and her crew from ship-
wreck. The service was attended with great danger, and
for it he was thanked by the Emperor of Brazil, the late
Dom Pedro. In 1868-69 Captain Almy was on ordnance
duty at Navy- Yard, New York. In December, 1869, he
was commissioned commodore, and served for two years
as chief signal officer of the navy, at Washington. Com-
missioned as rear-admiral August, 1873, and at once was
ordered to the command of the U. S. naval forces in the
Pacific. While at Panama, in October, 1873, a serious
revolution occurred. The city of Panama and the Panama
Railroad were in imminent danger of being destroyed.
Admiral Almy landed a force of men, under competent
officers, and afforded efficient protection to European as
well as American citizens, and preserved the communi-
cation intact. At that time he had only the " Pensacola"
and the " Benicia" at hand, in Panama. Passengers,
freight, and specie passed over the road without molesta-
tion ; and, when quiet was restored, Rear-Admiral Almy
received the thanks of the Panama Company, the Pacific
Mail Company, and of all the consuls and the foreign
merchants at Panama. In 1875, while in command of
the Pacific Squadron, Rear-Admiral Almy was presented
by his Majesty King Kalakaua, of the Hawaiian Islands,
with the Order of King Kamehameha I , in apprecia-
tion of courtesies and attentions bestowed upon his
Majesty during his journey to the United States, when
the king and his suite were conveyed to and fro in ves-
sels of the squadron under the rear-admiral's command.
Rear-Admiral Almy returned from his command of nearly
three years, in the Pacific, in July, 1870. In April, 1877,
he was retired, under the operation of law.

He performed, altogether, twenty-seven years and ten
months sea-service, — the largest amount, up to this time,
credited to any officer of the navy. His shore or other
duty was fourteen years and eight months.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

CAPTAIN LUTHER S. AMES.

Captain Luther S. AMEs(Second Infantry) was born in
Plattsburgh, New York, and entered the volunteer service
during the war of the Rebellion, serving as private, quar-
termaster-sergeant, and sergeant-major from September,
1 86 1 , to December, 1S63, participating in the campaigns
of the Army of the West, and was engaged in the capture
of New Madrid, Island No. 10, and Corinth, Mississippi,
and the pursuit of the rebel General Beauregard ; also the
battles of Iukaand Corinth, Mississippi, October, 1862.

He was promoted first lieutenant and made regimental
quartermaster of the Sixty-fourth Illinois Infantry, De-
cember 10, 1863. He was also acting adjutant of his
regiment during the Atlanta campaign, and was engaged
in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain,
Nickajack Creek, Georgia, and those in front of Atlanta
of the 22d and 28th of July, 1864.

He was promoted captain of his regiment July 17,
1864, and participated in the Atlanta campaign, being
engaged in the battle of Jonesboro', Georgia, the capture
of Atlanta, and the pursuit of the rebel General Hood
into Northern Alabama. He also participated in General
Sherman's " March to the Sea," and the Carolina cam-
paigns, being engaged at Pocotaligo, Salkehatchie River,
and the capture of Columbia, South Carolina, in February,
1865.

Captain Ames performed the duties of acting assistant
adjutant-general of the First Brigade, First Division,
Seventeenth Army Corps, from February, 1 865, and was
in the engagements at Cheraw, South Carolina, Benton-
ville, North Carolina, and the capture of Goldsboro' and
Raleigh, North Carolina, and present at the surrender of
the rebel General Johnston and his arm}'. He accom-
panied the troops on the march from Raleigh to Wash-
ington, D. C, participating in the grand review at that
place in May, 1865. He then occupied the position of
commissary of subsistence of the First Division, Seven-
teenth Corps, to Jul}- 1 1, 1865, when he was honorably
mustered out of the volunteer service, at Louisville,
Kentucky.

Captain Ames was appointed to the regular service as
a second lieutenant of the Sixteenth Infantry, to date
from May 11, 1866, but did not accept the same until

October 13, 1866, when he joined his regiment and
served as acting assistant quartermaster and acting com-
missary of subsistence at Augusta, Georgia, until October,
1867. He was employed in Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida during " reconstruction," and was transferred,
upon the consolidation of regiments, to the Second In-
fantry April 17, 1869. He was promoted first lieu-
tenant March 18, 1872, and was ordered with his regi-
ment to the Department of the Columbia in July, 1877.
While there he served as acting assistant quartermaster
and acting commissar}' of subsistence at Fort Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, building the post, from January to Octo-
ber, 1879. Being transferred to Fort Spokane, Washing-
ton, he performed the same staff duties, and was engaged
in the construction of that post from November, 1882,
to April, 1885. He then commanded a company and the
post of Fort Townsend, Washington, from August to
November, 1885.

Captain Ames's regiment was transferred to the Depart-
ment of the Platte in July, 1886, and was stationed at
Omaha, Nebraska. While serving there he participated
in the Sioux campaign in South Dakota during the
winter of 1890-91. He was promoted captain February
27, 1887, and detailed on general recruiting service at
Albany, New York, from October 1, 1891, at which
place he is at present on duty.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

REAR-ADMIRAL DANlhL AMMF.N. U.S.N.

Rear-Admiral Daniel Ammen comes from Swiss
lineage, but his ancestors emigrated to tin's country sev-
eral generations ago. His parents went from Botetourt
County, Virginia, to Brown County, < >hio, in 1816. The
subject of this sketch was there born May 15, 1820, and
entered the navy as a midshipman in 1836. In his book,
"The Old Navy and the New," he gives some amusing
reminiscences of his first experiences, so different from
the present day when the Naval School moulds all into
one form, at least externally.

Ammen served through the various grades to rear-
admiral, and retired in 1878, by request, under the act
authorizing such a step after forty years or more of
consecutive service. 1 lis foreign service was in the Gulf
of Mexico; on the coast of Labrador; in the Mediter-
ranean; on the survey of the river Paraguay; on the
coast of Brazil ; on the Pacific station, — anil twice on the
Asiatic station, — making twenty-one years afloat.

In his long service Admiral Ammen has passed through
many exciting and memorable scenes. During the civil
war he was executive officer of the frigate " Roanoke;"
commanded the "Seneca" in the fight at Port Royal ; at
Tybee Island ; commanded at Port Royal Ferry ; in the
expedition against Fernandina. Commander, February
21, 1863. Commanded monitor " Patapsco" against Fort
McAllister, and attack on Sumter of April 7, 1S63.

In May, 1864, Commander Ammen sailed for the
Isthmus of Panama in the California passenger steamer
" Ocean Queen" with a draft of two hundred and twenty
seamen for the Pacific station. An organized mutiny by
these men occurred on board a steamer with women and
children on board, and a full passenger-list; but Com-
mander Ammen, assisted by Boatswain Bell, the only aid
assigned him, and with the excellent co-operation of the
captain of the " ( )cean Queen," Tinklepaugh, put a sudden
stop to the business. Commander Ammen shot one of

the leading mutineers, and another was killed by his
assistants in the repression of the mutiny. At the close
of the civil war Captain Ammen designed the "Ammen
balsa," for landing troops and field artillery on exposed
beaches, and also a life-raft for steamers. As Chief of
the Bureau of Navigation he had a signal-book com-
piled, of great excellence; and promoted the use of the
dynamometer of Sir William Thomson, improved by the
present Admiral Belknap, which, with the use of wire,
instead of hemp, enabled correct soundings to be made
in the deepest seas. Some years ago a Naval Advisory
Hoard recommended the adoption of Admiral Ammen's
plans and calculations for a marine ram, and, under a
recent appropriation, one is now read)- for launching, at
Path, Maine. When President Grant, in 1872, appointed
a commission to examine into, and report upon, Isthmian
Canal matters, Ammen was made the junior member.
The committee reported in 1876, quite satisfied that the
Nicaragua Canal route was preferable to any other.
Further developments have only served to increase the
estimate of its commercial value, and in regard to its
economic maintenance. Under instructions from Presi-
dent Hayes, Ammen attended the (so-called) Paris Canal
Congress, in May, 1879, a report of the proceedings of
which he made to the State Department. In 1880 he
wrote an article on the Panama Canal, which was pub-
lished in the North American Review, contesting the po-
sition of M. de Lesseps in his article upon the subject
in the previous number. The correctness of Ammen's
assertions time has established. In January, 1890, Ad-
miral Ammen visited Nicaragua, and was received there,
by all parties and persons, with distinguished attention.
In all his exertions in behalf of the construction of the
canal there, he has endeavored to secure a rigid and honest
management, and to protect both the government and the
canal company against stock-gamblers and other persons
disposed to make prey of it. Admiral Ammen is the au-
thor of" The Atlantic Coast during the Civil War" (Serib-
ner's War Series), ami " The Old Navy and the New" (Lip-
pincott, Philadelphia), which is a history of the progressive
changes in naval architecture, armament, and propulsion
during the past half-century. It has an appendix con-
taining a number of most interesting letters from General
Grant, written while the latter was making the tour of the
world. Admiral Ammen and General Grant were neigh-
bors in boyhood, and always remained friends, widely as
their paths in life diverged. When mere lads, Ammen
saved Grant from drowning, and, years after, General
Grant, in writing to Ammen from Nice, December, 1877,
speaks of the incident, saying, jocosely, "... you res-
cued me from a watery grave. I am of a forgiving nature,
however, and forgive you, — but is the feeling universal ?
If the Democrats get into full power, may they not hold
you responsible ? "

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

CAPTAIN JOHN ANDERSON.

Captain John Anderson (Eighteenth Infantry) was
born in Monson, Massachusetts, and entered the military
service as a private in Company E, of the First Michigan
Sharpshooters, January 5, 1863, serving with that regi-
ment until appointed a second lieutenant of the Fifty-
seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, when his regiment
was attached to the First Brigade, First Division of the
Ninth Army Corps, participating in the campaign of the
Army of the Potomac, and commanded Company E of
his regiment through the Wilderness campaign, engaging
in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North
Anna River, Cold Harbor, and in the charge upon the
rebel works around Petersburg, Virginia, June 16-18,
1864. He then served in the trenches before Petersburg
during the siege, and participated in the Mine Explosion,
July 30, 1864, where he was wounded.

He was discharged for disability arising from his
wounds, January 21, 1865, but was appointed second
lieutenant of the Twentieth Regiment of the Veteran
Reserve Corps, March 25, 1865, serving at Wheeling,
West Virginia, in connection with mustering out West
Virginia volunteers to November, 1865, and in Tennessee,
Georgia, and South Carolina during " reconstruction,"
until honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, ;
June 30, 1866.

He was brevetted a first lieutenant of volunteers, March
13th, 1865, for gallant ami meritorious services in the
battles before Petersburg, and a captain of the same date
for the same occasion.

Captain Anderson entered the regular service by ap-
pointment as second lieutenant of the Twenty-fifth U. S.
Infantry, August IO, 1867, and served as quartermaster
and commissary at Columbia, Newberry, and Greenville,

South Carolina, and was transferred to the Eighteenth
Infantry, April 26, 1869. He was promoted first lieu-
tenant, October 17, 1878, and served in his regiment
until April, 1879, when he moved with it to Fort Assin-
aboine, Montana, participating in the campaign in North-
ern Montana against Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull
and Gall, during the months of January and February,
1881. His regiment was transferred to the Indian Terri-
tory in [885, and while on duty at Fort Gibson he was
made regimental quartermaster, to date from November,
1889.

The regiment subsequently moved to Texas, and he
was stationed with the head-quarters at Fort Clark until
promoted a captain, June 21, 1890, when he was relieved
as quartermaster and joined his company.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD XAVY [Regular)

BRIGADIER AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL
ROBERT ANDERSON.

Brigadier and Brevet Major-General Robert An-
derson (deceased) was born in Kentucky, and graduated

at the Military Academy, July i, 1825. He was pro-
moted brevet second lieutenant and second lieutenant
Third Artillery the same day. lie served as private
secretary to the U. S. Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy
Extraordinary to the Republic of Columbia from October,
1825, to July, 1826, when he was ordered to the Artillery
School at Fort Monroe, remaining there until 1828, and
on ordnance duty to May 9, 1832. He was then ap-
pointed colonel of staff (assistant inspector-general) of
Illinois volunteers, and was in the campaign against the
Sac Indians, under Black Hawk, being engaged in the
battle of Bad Axe, August 2, 1832. He was promoted
first lieutenant, June 30, 1833, and was in garrison at
Fort Constitution, New Hampshire, until 1 S 3 5 , when he
was detailed at the Military Academy, as assistant in-
structor of artillery, to December, 1835, and instructor of
artillery to November 6, 1 837.

Lieutenant Anderson participated in the Florida War
against the Seminole Indians in 1837-38, and was engaged
in the action of Locha-Hatchee, January 24. capture of
forty-five Indians near Fort Lauderdale (in command),
April 2, and skirmish in the Everglades, April 24, 1838,
for which services he was brevetted captain.

Captain Anderson served in the Cherokee Nation, as
aide-de-camp to Major-General Scott, from May to July,
1838, while emigrating the Indians to the West. I le was
brevet captain of staff (assistant adjutant-general), from
July 7, [838, to November 30, 1841, and served as
such in the eastern department. He was promoted cap-
tain Third Artillery, October 23, 1841, and was on a
board of officers to examine his translation of " Instruc-

tions for Field- Artillery" to 1845, and then was stationed
in South Carolina and Florida until the commencement of
the war with Mexico, in which he participated, and was
engaged in the siege of Vera Cruz, battle of Cerro Gordo,
skirmish of Amazoque, and battle of Molino del Rey,
September 8, 1S47, where he was severely wounded in
the assault of the enemy's work's, and on account of
wounds was granted sick-leave until 1848, when we find
him on duty at Fort Preble, Maine. He was a member
of a board of officers, in 1849-51, to devise "A Com-
plete System of Instruction for Siege, Garrison, Sea-coast,
ami Mountain Artillery," which was adopted Ma)- IO,
185 1, for the service of the United States.

Captain Anderson was brevetted major, for " gallant
and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey,
Mexico." He was governor of the Harrodsburg Branch
Military Asylum, Kentucky, in 1853-54; member ofboard
for the armament of fortifications, 1854-55 ; inspector of
iron-work manufactured at Trenton, New Jersey, for pub-
lic buildings constructed under the Treasury Department,
1855-59; member of a board to arrange the programme
of instruction at the Artillery School for Practice at Fort
Monroe, Virginia, in 1859-60, and of the commission
created to examine into the organization, system of dis-
cipline, and course of instruction at the Military Academy,
to December 13, i860, when he was ordered, as major
of the First Artillery, to the command of the defences
of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

At the commencement of the war of the Rebellion,
Major Anderson transferred his garrison from Fort Moul-
trie to Fort Sumter, which was the first point of attack
by the rebels, April 13, 1861. He sustained a heavy
bombardment of the work, whose walls were crushed,
interior buildings and quarters burned, and was so dis-
mantled as to compel him to evacuate it. He was made
brigadier-general U. S. Army, May 15, 1861, and placed
in command of the Department of Kentucky, and subse-
quently of the Department of the Cumberland, which he
retained until October 8, 1861. He was then on waiting
orders until 1S63, when he was given command of Fort
Adams, Rhode Island, and on the 27th of October, 1S63,
he was retired from active service, for disability resulting
from long and faithful service, and wounds and disease
contracted in the line of duty.

General Anderson was brevetted major-general U. S.
Army, February 3, 1865, for "gallant and meritorious
service in defence of Fort Sumter, South Carolina."

General Anderson served, alter being retired, on the
staff of the general commanding the Department of the
F.ast, and died October 26, 1S71.

General Anderson translated from the French " Instruc-
tions for Field-Artillery, Horse and Foot," for the ser-
vice of the United States, in 1840 ; and " Evolutions of
Field-Batteries," i860.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

\ i

COLONEL THOMAS M. ANDERSON.

Colonel Thomas M. Anderson (Fourteenth Infantry)
was born in Ohio, January 21, 1836. At the commence-
ment of the war of the Rebellion he entered the military
service as private of Company A, Sixth Ohio Infantry,
April 20, 1861. He was discharged May 15, 1861, to
accept the appointment of second lieutenant in the Second
U. S. Cavalry, to date from May 7, 1861, but was in the
mean time appointed a captain in the Twelfth U. S. Infantry,
to date from May 14, 1861, which latter appointment,
however, he did not accept until October 8, 1861. He
was in the field with Pope's army and participated in the
Cedar Mountain and second Bull Run campaigns, and
was engaged in the battles of Cedar Mountain and second
Bull Run ; in the Maryland campaign, and engaged in the
battle of Antietam, Maryland ; in the Rappahannock
campaign, and engaged in the battles of Fredericksburg
and Chancellorsville, Virginia ; in the Wilderness cam-
paign of 1864, commanding the Twelfth Infantry, and
engaged in the battles of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill,
and Spottsylvania Court-House, Virginia, at which latter
place he was severely wounded and compelled to leave
the field.

Upon his recovery for light duty, Colonel Anderson
was occupied in organizing the First Battalion of the In-
valid Corps. He also organized and mustered into ser-
vice several regiments from rebel prisoners, known as
the repentant rebel regiments, and mustered out sixteen
thousand paroled prisoners at Camp Chase, Ohio.

At the conclusion of the war, he was brevetted major,
August 1, 1864, "for gallant service in the battle of the
Wilderness;" lieutenant-colonel, August 1, 1864, "for
gallant services in the battle of Spottsylvania."

When the army was reorganized in 1866, Colonel
Anderson was transferred to the Twenty-first Infantry,
and was promoted major, March 26, 1S6S. He was then
ordered to Texas, and served at Fort Mcintosh and Ring-
gold Barracks, from August, 1869, to September, 1872,
during which time he acted as attorney for the United
States in the Mexican cattle-claims cases on the Rio Grande.
In 1872 he was ordered to Vicksburg, Mississippi, and
while there was disbursing officer for the United States
until 1874.

In the consolidation of regiments in 1869, Colonel
Anderson was unassigned from March 15 to June 24,
1869, when he was assigned to the Tenth Infantry, and

was second in command during MacKenzie's Kiowa
campaign, in 1874. He was in command of Fort Mc-
Kavett in 1876, and of the Tenth Infantry in 1877-7S.
He was then ordered on general recruiting service as
commandant of Columbus Barracks, Ohio, where he
remained until October, 1880.

Having been promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Ninth
Infantry, March 20, 1879, he joined that regiment in
Nebraska, and was in command of it from February, 1882,
to June, 1883, at which time he was ordered to Fort Mc-
Kinney, Wyoming, serving at that post, as well as at
Forts Russell and Bridger, to 1885. He was then ordered
in command of a battalion of the Ninth Infantry to Cris-
field, Kansas, in the summer of 1885, at a prospective
outbreak of Indians in the Indian Territory. Colonel
Anderson was also on an expedition, sent to Evanston,
Union Pacific Railroad, to protect Chinamen, during
September and October of that year.

He was promoted colonel of the Fourteenth Infantry,
September 6, 18S6, and joined his regiment at Vancouver
Barracks, Washington, where he has held station to the
present time.

Colonel Anderson is the grandson of Brigadier-General
Duncan McArthur, second in command to General Har-
rison in the Army of the Northwest during the war of
1812; his other grandfather was a lieutenant-colonel in
the Continental army. He is, himself, the nephew of
General Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY [regular)

COLONEL GEORGE LIPPITT ANDREWS.

Colonel George Lippitt Andrews (Twenty-fifth In-
fantry) was born in Rhode Island, April 22, [828. He
was a private in the Fifth Ward City Guards at Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, during Dorr's Rebellion of 1842,
and a private in the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery
in 1S44. He became a sergeant in the same in 1847,
major fn>m 1N4N t,. [852, and colonel (commandant) from
1853 to 1856. He was then made captain and commis-
sary of the Second Brigade, Rhode Island militia, which
he retained until appointed captain and quartermaster of
the same troops. Removing to St. Louis, Missouri, he
entered the militia service there as captain of Company
P, Engineer Battalion, in 1S60, and engaged in the
Southwest expedition.

At the commencement of the war of the Rebellion,
Captain Andrews, as a militia officer of the State of Mis-
souri, was censured by the then governor of that State
(Jackson) and the general of the First Military District
for his fealty to the Union in preference to the State, " in
case of a conflict between the State of Missouri and said
government," which was considered "to amount to mili-
tary insubordination in advance, and to be inconsistent
with the law," to which Captain Andrews replied, under
date of February 12, 1 86 1 , as follows :

"Finding my name has been brought to the notice
of the public in a manner calculated to increase the
bitterness of feeling now existing, and in the hope that
positive information will do less harm than uncertain
speculation, I herewith enclose copies of documents re-
ceived by me on the I ith instant, with the request that
they may find a place in the columns of your paper.

" I do not believe in mental reservations or quibbles of
any description, particularly in connection with taking
an oath; and when I swore to ' honestly and faithfully

serve the State of Missouri against all her enemies, and
that you will do your utmost to sustain the Constitution
and laws of the United States, and of this State, against
all violence of whatever kind and description; and you
do further swear that you will well and truly execute and
obey the legal orders of all officers properly placed over
you, whilst on duty ; so help you God,' — I did so in good
faith, with a full, realizing sense of the moral and consti-
tutional obligations I assumed. I still occupy the same
position, and shall ever be found read}- and willing to do
my p. irt to sustain ' the Constitution, the Union, and the
enforcement of the laws.

" Respectfully yours,

" Geo. L. Andrews.

"St. Louis, February 12, 1861."

Captain Andrews was appointed lieutenant-colonel of
the First Missouri Infantry, April 24, 1861, and was en-
gaged at Camp Jackson, Booneville (of which he was
military governor), Dug Spring, and McCullough's
Store; and commanded the Second Brigade of General
Lyon's column at the battle of Wilson's Creek, where he
was wounded and his horse shot under him. He was
appointed lieutenant-colonel of the First Missouri Light
Artillery, September 1, 1861, and was discharged from the
volunteer service September 5, of the same year, to enter
the regular service, — he having been appointed major of
the Seventeenth U. S. Infantry May 14, but did not receive
the appointment until September 5. He joined his regi-
ment at Fort Preble, Maine, where he remained until
March, 1862, when he was ordered to the field with the
Arm_\- of the Potomac, and his regiment became part of
the Second Brigade, Second Division (regular) of the
Fifth Arm}- Corps. He participated in the operations
and campaigns of the Arm}- of the Potomac of 1862-63,
and was engaged at the siege of Yorktown, battles of
Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam,
reconnoissances across the Potomac River below Sharps-
burg, to Leetown, Snicker's Gap, battle of Fredericks-
burg, where he commanded the Second Brigade of reg-
ular infantry, and battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia.
He was then ordered on regimental recruiting service at
Fort Preble, Maine, and subsequently changed to New-
port Barracks, Kentucky, October 14, 1864, on being
promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Thirteenth Infantry.

Colonel Andrews received the brevets of lieutenant-
colonel for Second Bull Run and colonel for Antietam,
" for gallant and meritorious services," and was promoted
colonel of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, January 1, 1871.

Since the close of the war he has been stationed in
various parts of the country with his regiment, experi-
encing all the details of frontier life, such as falls to the
lot of an army officer. His present station is with his
regiment at Fort Missoula. Montana.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COLONEL ABRAHAM K. ARNOLD.

Colonel Abraham K. Arnold (First Cavalry) was
born in Pennsylvania, March 24, 1837. Retiring year,
1901 ; graduated from U. S. Military Academy, July 1,
1859. Actual Rank. — Brevet second lieutenant Fifth
(old Second) Cavalry, July 1, 1859; second lieutenant,
June 28, i860; first lieutenant, April 6, 1861 ; captain,
July 17, 1S62 ; major Sixth Cavalry, June 22, 1869; lieu-
tenant-colonel First Cavalry, June II, 1886, and colonel,
February 7, 1891. Brevet Ran/:. — Brevet captain, June
27, 1862, for gallant and meritorious service in the battle
of Gaines' Mill, Virginia; brevet major, May 6, 1864, for
gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Todd's Tav-
ern, Virginia. Honorably Mentioned. — In the " Records of
the Rebellion," Tart I., Vol. XL, pp. 6S4, 86, 88, 691, 92,
711, 12, and 1007 ; Part II., Vol. XL, page 47, as far as
published. Service. — In i860 conducted a detachment of
recruits from New York by sea to Indianola ; marched by
way of San Antonio to Fort Inge, Texas ; joined Decem-
ber 2, in the field, 1S61 ; marched from Fort Inge, March
19, i86i,for sea-coast; embarked at Indianola, on steam-
ship "Empire City," just in time to escape capture, and
sailed for New York ; served in the defences of Wash-
ington and in the field during the winter of 1 861 and
iS62, until wounded at Gaines' Mill, which disabled him
from service until September, 1862 ; appointed mustering
and disbursing officer at New York and Boston until Sep-
tember, 1863; in the field 1863 and 1864 ; assistant in-
structor of cavalry tactics at LT. S. Military Academy from
August 23, 1864, to August 2S, 1869; served at Fort
Brown and Waco, and at Fort Richardson, Texas, and in
Kansas from June 18, 1 870, until September, 1872, on
garrison and field duties; appointed a disbursing officer
in the Freedmen's Bureau and served at New Orleans,
Louisiana, until November, 1S78; on duty in the West
and South, part of the time in the field, from 1879 to 1892.
Staff Positions Occupied. — Adjutant, assistant commissary
of subsistence, acting assistant quartermaster at Fort Inge,
Texas, winter and spring of 1 S60-6 1 ; adj utant of his regi-
ment June I, 1 86 1 ; resigned May 9, 1862; acting in-
spector-general Department of Arizona from November,
1 8S0, to August 2, 1884; acting assistant adjutant-general
in the field during the Cibicu campaign of 1 88 1. Battles.
Skirmishes, Etc. — Operations against hostile Indians in
Texas, winter and spring of 1860-61 ; participated in
General Patterson's Shenandoah campaign ; was engaged
in the action at Falling Waters, and in the skirmishes near !
Martinsburg and Bunker Hill ; in the defences of Wash-
ington during the winter of 1861-62 ; participated in the
Manassas and Virginia Peninsula campaigns, and engaged
in the siege of Yorktown, the battle of Williamsburg, and
almost daily skirmishes during the advance towards Rich-
mond ; engaged with the enemy at the Hanover Court-

House ; participated in the reconnoissance towards Ash-
land; severely wounded in the disastrous charge at
Gaines' Mill ; engaged in the combat at Bristoe Station,
the operations at Mine Run, in the raid and action at
Charlottesville, the action at Stannardsville, the skirmish
near Morton's Ford, the battle of Todd's Tavern and
Meadow Bridge, the skirmish near Mechanicsville, the
battles of Cold Harbor and Trevilian Station; and
marched to the relief of General Wilson at Ream's Sta-
tion, when that officer made his raid on the South Side
Railroad. Commanding field operations in Southeastern
Arizona against hostile Apaches, raiding in New Mexico,
spring of 1S79; served with an expedition into old
Mexico, in the neighborhood of Lake Guzman, and co-
operated with the forces in New Mexico and Mexican
troops, which resulted in destroying a large band of sav-
ages', until October, 1879; in the field during the Cibicu
campaign in Arizona, 1 881; against the disaffected
Crows, November, 1887, in combat which resulted in
killing their chief and bringing them to terms. Com-
mands Held. — Commanded company during the last tour
of field service performed in Texas by any part of regi-
ment, 1861 ; in command of company May 9, 1862; in
command of the regiment almost continuously from Oc-
tober 12, 1863, to July 24, 1864; in command of field
operations in Southeastern Arizona from the spring until
October, 1879; Fort Grant, Arizona, until November,
1880; Fort Bayard, New Mexico, and regiment until
April 17, 1885 ; battalion of regiment in the field,
November, 1 887; post of Fort Maginnis, Montana,
November 1, 188S, to March 4, 1889; Fort Custer, Mon-
tana, and First Cavalry, until September 25, 1889. His-
tory.— Grandson of Captain P. P. Walter, Thirty-second
U. S. Infantry, War of 1812, and grandson of Peter
Arnold, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY recvlar,

MAJI >K ISAAC ARNOLD. JR.

Major Isaac Arnold, Jr., (Ordnance Department)
was born in Connecticut and graduated from the Military
Academy, June 17, 1862. He was promoted second
lieutenant of the Second Artillery the same date and
was assigned to Battery F. He joined Batten- K, Fourth
Artillery, at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, and served
with the same in the Army of the Potomac until after
the battle of Chancellorsville, and was present at the fol-
lowing engagements: Second Malvern Hill, Chantilly,
Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, and was wounded
at the latter place.

He was transferred to the Ordnance Corps, April 27,

1863. but did not receive notice of transfer until after
the battle of Chancellorsville. Having been promoted
first lieutenant, April 27, 1S63, he served at Washing-
ton Arsenal, District of Columbia, until about January
1. 1S64. when he was transferred to St. Louis Arsenal,
Missouri. From that point he was detached in the
spring of 1864 anil sent to Springfield, Illinois, to arm the
one-hundred-day men. After three or four months he-
was relieved from that duty and ordered to Hilton Head.
South Carolina, where he served as chief ordnance
officer of the Department of the South until the close
of the war.

Lieutenant Arnold served a short time as assistant
at Allegheny Arsenal, Pennsylvania, and was then as-
signed to the command of the San Antonio Arsenal,
Texas, and chief ordnance officer of the Department
of Texas ; was promoted captain of ordnance, March 7,
1S67. From Texas he was ordered to Springfield
Armory, Massachusetts, as an assistant, and moved
from there to Allegheny Arsenal, Pennsylvania. He
then took six months' leave of absence, mi expiration of
which he was ordered to Benicia Arsenal, California;
being promoted major of ordnance, May 29, 1879, he
was ordered to Indianapolis Arsenal, where he remained
about eight years, and was then sent to command
San Antonio Arsenal, Texas, and was chief ordnance
officer, Department of Texas, per S. O. 236 and 261,
respectively, H. O. A. 1SS3. rem. lining there four years;
he was then sent to Fort Monroe Arsenal, Virginia, per
S. ( ). 223, II. Q. A. 1S87, where he was stationed fortwo
years, and then assumed command of Columbia Arsenal,
December 1, 1889, per S. O. 272, H. Q. A. iSSy, where
he is at present.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND BREVET MAJOR-
GENERAL CHRISTOPHER C. AUGUR.

Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General
Christopher C. Augur was born in Kendall, Orleans
Count}', New York, July 10, 1 <S 2 1 . His father dying
when he was young, he went with his mother, in 1835,
to friends in Michigan, and in 1839 was appointed a
cadet to the U. S. Military Academy from that State.
Graduated in 1843, and assigned a brevet second lieutenant
to the Second Infantry. Served in that regiment until
September, 1849, when promoted second lieutenant to
Fourth Infantry, then serving with the " Army of Occupa-
tion," commanded by General Zachary Taylor, at Corpus
Christi, Texas. Went with that army to the Rio Grande,
and participated in all its operations, including battles of
Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, and the capture and
occupation of Matamoras, Mexico. Two companies of
each regiment were here broken up, including his own
company, and the officers sent North, recruiting. In
March, 1847, he returned to Mexico as aide-de-camp to
General I lopping. After that general's death went to the
City of Mexico as aide-de-camp to General dishing, and
served with him until the end of the war. Then joined his
regiment at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and went with it to
Fort Niagara, New York. Remained there until July,
1852, when ordered with regiment to Pacific coast. Pro-
moted to captain in August, 1852. Stationed at Fort Van-
couver until February, 1856. Was in campaign against
Yakima Indians in fall of 1855. In February, 1S56, went
to Port Orford, Oregon, against Rogue River and other hos-
tile Indians in that vicinity. Engaged with Indians at Big
Bend of Rogue River, and at Macanootney Hill. After
campaign closed took first detachment of Indians by sea
to Siletz Reservation. Established Fort Hoskins, Kings
Valley, Oregon, in 1856. Commanded that post until
July 1, 861 , when ordered with company to California.
At San Francisco, found himself a major in the Thirteenth
Infantry. Arrived in New York, he found orders sending
him to West Point as commandant of cadets. Novem-
ber 14, 1 861, was appointed a brigadier-general of volun-
teers. Joined new brigade in McDowell's division in
Washington, D. C. Moved to front with Army of Po-
tomac in March, 1862. Brought up at Catlett's Station,
Virginia. In April, 1862, was sent with his brigade to
capture Fredericksburg, Virginia, April 19, 1862. Was
successful. In July promoted to division in Banks's corps
operating about Little Washington, Virginia. Was in
battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862,
where he was severely wounded. Was brevetted a colonel
in the regular army, and appointed a major-general of
volunteers for this battle. When able for duty, was put
on court of inquiry to investigate surrender of Harper's

Ferry. Then applied for orders for the field, and was sent
to report to General McClellan, then with his army at
Warrenton, Virginia, and was assigned to command First
Division First Army Corps. Received orders next day to
report to General Banks. Accompanied him to New
Orleans, and commanded district of Baton Rouge until
advance upon Port Hudson. During siege commanded
left wing of army. After surrender of Port Hudson,
went North on sick leave in Jul)', 1 863. Was made presi-
dent of military commission in Washington, D. C. While
on that duty was assigned temporarily to command of
the Department of Washington and Twenty-second Army
Corps in October, 1863. Remained in that command
until August, 1866. In September, 1866, appointed presi-
dent of board to examine newly-appointed officers. Jan-
uary, 1867, was assigned to command of Department of
the Platte, and remained there until assigned to command
of Department of Texas in December, 1871, having in
March, 1869, been appointed a brigadier-general in the
regular service. Commanded the Department of Texas
until March, 1S75, when assigned to command Depart-
ment of Gulf, at New Orleans. Commanded there until
July, 1878, when that department was consolidated with
Department of the South. Was assigned to command
that department, head-quarters at Newport, Kentucky.
Commanded that department until December, 18S0, when
again assigned to command Department of Texas. In
October, 1883, was assigned to command Department of
Missouri, head-quarters at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Commanded that department until July 10, 1883, when re-
tired for age, after commanding important military de-
partments continuously for twenty-two years, with the
exception of four months. Since retirement has resided
in Washington, D. C.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY regular)

CAPTAIN WILLIAM AUMAN.

Captain William Auman (Thirteenth Infantry) was
born October 17, 1838, in Berks Count}-, Pennsylvania.
His father, Henry Auman, who was a non-commissioned
officer in a Pennsylvania regiment in the war of 1812-14,
removed to Union County, Pennsylvania, and again
moved to Pottsville, in 1848. At the age of eighteen
Captain Auman entered a general merchandise store in
Pottsville as salesman, and continued in this occupation
until the call of President Lincoln for troops in 1861,
when he joined a local militia company (Washington Artil-
lery), which had tendered its services to the government.
The company left Pottsville on the 17th of April, 1S61,
and arrived at Harrisburg that evening. Early the next
morning that company, with four others from the State,
were sworn into the service of the United States, and left
immediately (unarmed) for the national capital. At Bal-
timore these troops were surrounded by a howling mob
of Secessionists. Tin eats and insults were heaped upon
them, and some were injured by being struck with stones
while marching through the streets. But as the mob
was not organized, these unarmed troops managed to get
through without loss of life, and arrived at Washington
that evening, where they were temporarily quartered in
tile Capitol building. This was the day before the Sixth

Massachusetts had their fight in Baltimore. After serv-
ing at Washington City and Fort Washington, Mary-
land, until July 29, 1861, Company H, Twenty-fifth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, of which Captain Auman was
a member, was honorably mustered out of service. But
on the gth of September, 1861, he enlisted in Company
G, Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, and was ap-
pointed a corporal same date. He was promoted ser-
geant in the summer of 1S62, second lieutenant of his
company June 2S, 1864, first lieutenant July 2^, 1S64,
and captain March 3. 1865 ; and was brevetted captain
of U. S. Volunteers, " for gallant and meritorious services
before Petersburg, Virginia."

Captain Auman participated with his regiment in the
battles of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Campbell's Station.
Blue Springs, and siege of Knoxville, Tennessee. He
was also engaged in the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsyl-
vania, Tolepotomy, Bethesda Church, North Anna, Cold
Harbor, ami seven of the battles around Petersburg.

At the capture of Petersburg, April 2, 1865, while on
the enemy's works, he was severely wounded in the face,
having all the teeth on the left side of his upper jaw shot
. away, and his tongue so severely cut that he was unable
to take any food for a number of days. ( )n the eleventh
day after he was wounded, a portion of the bullet was
removed from his tongue. As soon as this was done he
recovered rapidly, and soon afterwards he rejoined his
regiment, and was mustered out with his company, July
17, 1865.

For his services in the war he was, on the I Ith of May,
1866, commissioned second lieutenant of the Thirteenth
■ U. S. Infantry; was promoted first lieutenant October 5,
1 868, and captain March 26, 1879.

During a demonstration made by Crow Indians on the
post of Camp Cook', Montana, May 17, 1868, he was
severely wounded in the left foot. He served as regi-
mental quartermaster from January 1, 1870, to August
1, 1871.

Captain Auman's service in the West has carried him
to many different stations, his present one being Fort
Supply, Indian Territory.

He received a medal of honor from the State of Penn-
sylvania for service as " First Defender of the National
Capital, 1 86 1."

WHO SERVED IN THE CIV IE WAR.

CAPTAIN AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL
WM. W. AVERELL,

Captain and Brevet M ajor-General Wm. W.
Avekell (retired) was born in New York and graduated
from the Military Academy July i, 1855. He was
promoted brevet second lieutenant of the Mounted
Rifles same day, and served at Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri, until 1856, when lie was ordered to the School
fir Practice at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, having been pro-
moted second lieutenant Mounted Riflemen May 1,
1856. In 1857 he was on frontier duty, in command ol
an escort to the commanding general of the Depart-
ment of New Mexico, and the same year was scouting,
from Fort Craig, and engaged in a skirmish with Kiowa
Indians near Fort Craig, December 7, 1S57. He was on
the Navajo expedition in 1858, ami engaged in a skirmish
in Chusca Valley, September 29; a skirmish with Kya-
tano's band, October I ; and skirmish at the Puerco of
the West, October 8, 1858, where he was severely
wounded in a night attack on the soldiers' camp. He
was at Fort Craig until granted a sick leave, which sepa-
rated him from his duties until 1861.

Lieutenant Averell was bearer of despatches to Colonel
Emory, at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory, April and
May, 1 861, and on returning to Washington he was then
promoted first lieutenant Third Cavalry. He was de-
tailed on mustering duty at Elmira, New York', to July,
when he was made acting assistant adjutant-general oi
General A. Porter, at Washington, participating in the
Manassas campaign, and engaged at the battle of First
Bull Run, July 21, 1S61.

Having been appointed colonel of the Third Pennsyl-
vania Cavalry, August 13, 1861, he was in command oi
a cavalry brigade in front of the defences of Washington
(which was the first cavalry brigade of the war) to March,
1862, when he led the advance on Manassas, and subse-
quently participated in the Peninsula campaign, being
engaged in the siege of Yorktown, battles of Williams
burg, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, where he commanded
the rear guard (see "Battles and Leaders of the War"),
and skirmishes at Sycamore Church, August 2, and at
White Oak Swamp, August 5, 1862. On the 17th of
July, 1862, he was promoted captain Third Cavalry.

Appointed brigadier-general of volunteers September
26, 1862. He was engaged in scouting and skirmishing
on the Upper Potomac until the 31st of October, when
he participated in the march back to the Rappahannock
River, being engaged, en route, in skirmishes along the
Blue Ridge, at Upperville, Markam, Corbins' and Gaines'
Cross Roads, and Amissville. lie then participated in
the Rappahannock campaign of 1862-63, and was en-
gaged in the battle of Fredericksburg, and as com-
mander of the Second Cavalry Division in the skirmish
3

at I [artwood Church, action at Kelly's Ford, the first con-
siderable cavalry battles of the war. lie commanded
one of the two di\ isions of cavalry engaged in the Stone-
man raid, and drove the enemy's cavalry towards Gor-
donsville, while Buford with Stoneman reached the
enemy's rear.

General Averell was placed in command of the
Fourth Separate Brigade May 16, 1863, and commanded
in all the engagements of the brigade, which was increased
to a division of three brigades cavalry and one infantry,
in the West Virginia operations, defeating the intrenched
rebel army o( West Virginia at Droop Mountain, and
driving the enemy out of the State. In the winter of
1863-64 he made the raid to the Tennessee Railroad,
destroying it and General Longstreet's supplies, from
December 8 to 25, 1X63. He was in the West Virginia
operations, commanding the Second Cavalry Division,
in 1X64, commanding in all the actions and combats,
raids and skirmishes, and defeated Ramseur's division
at Carter's Farm, July 20. He fought the combats at
Winchester and Moorfield, and skirmishes at Bunker
Hill and Martinsburg, and participated in the battles of
Opequan and Fisher's Hill, and action at Mount Jackson,
September 23, 1864.

He was brevetted for gallant and meritorious services,
as follows: Major, for the battle of Kelly's Ford, Vir-
ginia; lieutenant-colonel, for the action at Droop Moun-
tain, Virginia; colonel, for the Salem expedition in Vir-
ginia; brigadier-general, for the field during the war of
the Rebellion; major-general, for the battle of Moor-
field, Virginia. General Averell resigned from the army
May 18, 1865, and was appointed United States Consul-
General to British North America at Montreal in 1866.
By act of Congress of August 1, 18S8, he was restored
to his grade of captain in the arm)- and placed upon the
I retired list, August 17 of that year.

1 8

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY {regular)

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL R< >BERT AVERY
(retired).

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Avery was born in
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1839- In
September, 1861, he received authority from the gov-
ernor of New York to raise a company, and in October,
1861, he was commissioned a captain of New York vol-
unteers in the service of the United States, afterwards
assigned first to the Twelfth, and then to the One
Hundred and Second Regiment of New York Volun-
teers, in which regiment he was the senior captain, and
frequently, for considerable periods, commanded his
regiment. In December, 1862, he was promoted to be
lieutenant-colonel of his regiment.

He participated in the battle of Cedar Mountain
August 9, 1862; in the battles of the Second Bull Run
campaign commanded his regiment, and during part of
the time, at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May
3, 1863, his brigade. At this battle he was wounded
by a musket-ball in the neck and lower jaw, severing the
nerves on the left side, causing partial paralysis of the
left side for several months. He rejoined his command,
then a part of the Army of the Cumberland, in Tennes-
see, in October, 1863, having his left shoulder and neck-
bandaged, leading the advance line in the assault on
Lookout Mountain November 24, 1863, where he re-
ceived a wound which necessitated the amputation of
his right leg close to the hip-joint. In this assault the

major of the regiment, Gilbert M. Elliott, was killed by
his side. For gallant and meritorious services at the
battles of Chancellorsville and Lookout Mountain, he
was brevetted colonel, brigadier-general, and major-
general of Lmited States volunteers.

In April, 1865, he was appointed a major in the
Veteran Reserve Corps, and assigned to duty in Wash-
ington as assistant commissary-general of prisoners,
serving as such under both Brevet Major-General W.
Hoffman and Major- General E. A. Hitchcock, and won
the earnest commendation of both those officers for the
"prompt, energetic, and able performance of all the
duties devolving upon him." In July, 1866, he was
assigned to duty as inspector-general on the staff of
Major-General John C. Robinson, commanding the Dis-
trict of North Carolina, and assistant commissioner of
the Freedmen's Bureau. He was detailed as president
of an important military commission and a court-martial,
but, on account of his legal knowledge and skill in pre-
senting evidence, was soon made judge-advocate of both
the military commission and court-martial. Before the
military commission there were tried man)- important
cases, — murders, conspiracies, arson, rape, burglary, etc.,
— securing convictions in every case, winning the ap-
proval and commendation of General Grant and Secre-
tary Stanton. On the 31st of December, 1870, he was
placed upon the retired list, with the rank of lieutenant-
colonel. General Hooker, in commending him to
Secretary Stanton for promotion, said, " At the battle of
Lookout Mountain his conduct was especially brilliant,
as he led the line of skirmishers along the slope of the
mountain, which resulted in the glorious achievement of
that field." General George S. Greene, also commend-
ing him for promotion, said, " Colonel Avery was always
distinguished for gallantry, intelligence, and energy in
the discharge of his duties." He was twice recom-
mended for promotion for gallantry by General Grant.

The importance of General Avery's services in North
Carolina during the reconstruction period can hardly be
over-estimated. The knowledge that there was one
court constantly open, with a fearless and tireless prose-
cuting officer, to secure the conviction of criminals, no
matter how great their political or social influence, soon
made North Carolina as safe and as free from crime as
any State in the Union. There can be little doubt that
if the administration of justice in that State had re-
mained in General Avery's hands, the crimes of the
Ku-Klux Klaus in North Carolina would not have been
committed.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

LIKUTENANT-COLONEL LAWRENCE S. BABBITT.

Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence S. Babbitt (Ord-
nance Department, U.S.A.) was born in Boston, Massa-
chusetts, February iS, 1S39. Appointed cadet-at-large
at West Point Military Academy July, 1857; graduated
June, I S6 1, and appointed second lieutenant, Third Ar-
tillery, June 24, 1 86 1. On October 26, 1861, he was
transferred to Ordnance Department, and promoted to be
first lieutenant of ordnance March 3, 1863, and captain
of ordnance December 22, 1866; major of ordnance
May 10, 1878, and lieutenant-colonel of ordnance Sep-
tember 19, 1890.

He was brevetted first lieutenant, July 21, 1861, for
gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Bull Run,
Virginia ; is honorably mentioned in " Records of the
Rebellion," series 1, vol. ii., pp. 312, 348, 380, 382, and
in report of Nez Perces campaign, by General Howard,
1877. Saw service in field with Army of the Potomac,
1861-63. Took part in Virginia Peninsula campaign as
assistant ordnance officer. Commanding Louisville Ord-
nance Depot, 1864 and 1865 ; commanding Vancouver
Arsenal, 1865 to 1871 ; St. Louis Arsenal, 1S71 to 1876;
chief ordnance officer Department of Columbia, 1876 to
1879; in Nez Perces campaign, 1S77 ; Bannock War,
1878; commanding Fortress Monroe Arsenal, 1S79 to
1887; San Antonio Arsenal, 1S87 to 1890 ; Benicia Ar-
senal, 1890 to present date. Staff Positions Held. — As-
sistant ordnance officer Army of the Potomac, 1862;
aide-de-camp, 1868 to 1870; chief ordnance officer De-

partment of Columbia, 1876 to 1879; chief ordnance
officer Department of Texas, 1887 to 1890. Battles, Skir-
mishes, Etc. — Engaged in action at Blackburn's Ford,
July iS, 1861 ; battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861 ; siege
of Yorktown, Virginia ; skirmishes at Cottonwood
Ranch, Idaho, July 3, 4, and 5, 1877 ; battle of the Clear-
water, Idaho, July 12 and 13, 1877; skirmish at Mua-
tella Agency, Oregon, July 13, 1888. Colonel Babbitt
is the son of General E. B. Babbitt, U.S.A., deceased,
who was a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy in
the class of 1827.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY regular)

BREVET MAJOR AND CAPTAIN JOHN B. BABCOCK.

Brevet Major and Captain John 15. Babcock (Fifth
Cavalry) was born in New ( Irleans, Louisiana, February
7, 1843. Major Babcock is descended from an old Rhode
Island family. His great-great-grandfather, Joshua Bab-
cock, was twice chief justice of Rhode Island, and major-
general of Rhode Island militia during the Revolution.
Major Babcock's great-grandfather, Henry Babcock-,
served five campaigns in the French and Indian War.

During the war he served as second lieutenant, first
lieutenant, adjutant, captain, and major of New York
State volunteers (One Hundred and Seventy-fourth and
One Hundred and Sixty-second regiments), and was
brevetted lieutenant-colonel ; was present with his regi-
ment in the battles of Plain's Store, Port Hudson, Sabine
Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, Monett's Bluff, Mansura
Plains, and Yellow Bayou, all in Louisiana; was with
his regiment under General Grant at the siege of Peters-
burg, Virginia, and in the campaign of General Sheridan
in the Shenandoah Valley; was, at the age of twenty-
two, major and acting adjutant-general of the Military
District of Savannah and inspector-general First Division,
Nineteenth Army Corps.

Since the war, for twenty-five years, this officer has
served continuously with his troop. For fifteen years
after the war, Captain Babcock was almost constantly in
the field, winter and summer, engaged in campaigns of
the most severe character against hostile Indians.

The following is a brief statement of the campaigns
and Indian fights in which this officer has been engaged :

Continuous campaign with his regiment, under General
Carr, against the Kiowas and Southern Cheyennes, last-
ing from November, 1868, to August, 1869; without
leaving the field, marching from Kansas to Texas and
back to Nebraska, through the storms of a severe « inter,
driving the Indians eastward and fighting them at Bea\ er
Creek and Spring Creek, Nebraska, and Summit Springs,

Colorado. At Spring Creek his troop, then reduced to
thirty-three men, was attacked by the whole village of
Cheyenne and Sioux Indians under Tall Bull. Captain
Babcock defended the position for two hours, until re-
lieved by the regiment. At Summit Springs the regi-
ment captured a camp of eighty-six lodges, killing
seventy-two Indians, capturing five hundred ponies, and
releasing two white women captives, and putting an end
to the war with these bands.

From November, 1 871, for three years, Captain Bab-
cock served in Arizona under General Crook, and was
almost constantly in the field. Having attracted the
attention of General Crook by successful hard service in
the mountains, he was kept in the field under general
instructions to hunt up hostile Indians; was in many
fights with Apaches ; was twice thanked in general or-
ders,— G. O. 14 and G. O. 24, Department of Arizona.
1873; was wounded in the breast by an arrow, and
recommended for the brevets of lieutenant-colonel and
colonel. Under date of November 28, 1 S74, General
Crook writes of this officer as follows: "The official
records of my department show that, since his first
assignment to duty, Lieutenant J. B. Babcock has been
one of the mi >st gallant, efficient, and distinguished officers
that have ever served in Arizona."

His last service in Arizona was the military control of
the turbulent Apaches on the San Carlos Reservation.

Going north with his regiment, Captain Babcock was
again in the field, in Northern Wyoming, during the
winter of 1877, and again from June to December, 1S78,
and from January, 1879, to the spring of that year. In
the latter campaign the regiment marched through the
snows of Northern Nebraska against the Cheyennes.

In October, 1879, the famous Ute outbreak occurred.
Captain Babcock marched with his troop, as part of Gen-
eral Merritt's command, one hundred and seventy miles
in sixty-five hours, — in time to take part in the relief of
Major Thornburg's command and the light that followed,
— remaining in the field until December.

In 18S5 he marched six hundred miles, and took part in
the protection of the Kansas border from the threatened
raids of Southern Cheyennes, remaining in the field all
the spring and until Jul}-.

From 1887 to 18S9 Captain Babcock' was assistant
instructor in the Art of War at the L*. S. Infantry and
Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In the
summer of 1889 he was adjutant-general of the Camp of
Instruction for the troops in the Department of Missouri.

Since 1889 he has been assistant instructor in the
Department of Cavalry at the U.S. Infantry and Cavalry
School, which position he now holds, in addition to the
command of his tr< k >p.

He was in the field with his troop at Pine Ridge
Agency during the Ghost-Dance War last year.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COMMODORE OSCAR C. BADGER, U. S. NAVY.

Commodore Oscar C. Badger was forty-three years
and eleven months upon the active list of the navy. In
this lengthened period he had twenty-one years and one
month of sea-service, and one year and three months in
vessels which were not sea-going. Mis shore duty ex-
tended to seventeen years and three months ; and he was
unemployed four years and four months. During one
year and six months of this " unemployed" time, he was
ill, — unable to perform duty,— the result of wounds re-
ceived in the service.

This is a good record for any officer.

Commodore Badger was born in the township of Wind-
ham, Connecticut, August 12, 1823, and was appointed
midshipman from Pennsylvania, September, 1841. He
served for three years in the old razee "Independence,"
in the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, and was then
attached to the " Saratoga," on the west coast of Africa.
Served in the attack on the Bereby tribes, when Com-
modore Perry punished them for piracy, and was in the
different landing-parties. During the Mexican War he
Mixed in the steam-frigate "Mississippi," and was in the
action at Alvarado. He then served on the Brazil Sta-
tion in the frigate " Brandywine" and the brig " Perry."
He was navigator of the " Perry," which vessel, during
the cruise, captured and sent home three vessels engaged
in the slave-trade. During this time he became a passed
midshipman. He then served in the Pacific in various
vessels, — " Supply," " Savannah," and " Vincennes," — and
upon his return home was in the Hydrographic Depart-
ment of the Naval Observatory. Promoted master Sep-
tember 14, 1855, he was made lieutenant the next day.
Serving on board the sloop "John Adams," in the
Pacific, he was navigator, and commanded a party from
that ship which attacked and destroyed the village of
Vutia, in the Feejee Islands, on account of the piratical
acts of its inhabitants He was also engaged in successful
skirmishes with the Feejeeans on other occasions. Lieu-
tenant Badger afterwards served on the experimental
cruise of the " Plymouth," the " Macedonian" in the
Mediterranean, and the flag-ship " Minnesota."

When the Civil War occurred, he commanded the
" Anacostia," of the Potomac flotilla, and was in the
attack upon Cockpit Point, Acquia Creek batteries, and
several others. He led with the " Anacostia," piloting
the " Pensacola," under a heavy fire, past the entire line
of batteries, and was favorably mentioned in despatches.

Tii the same vessel he was employed at the siege of
Yorktown and Gloucester Point, and especially men-
tioned by General McClellan for his services there.

He became a lieutenant-commander in July, 1862, and
was in charge of the ordnance for gunboats building on
the Western waters, 1862-63. After this, as chief ord-
nance officer of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron,
he was engaged against the Morris Island batteries. He
commanded the iron-clad " Patapsco" in the attack on
Fort Wagner in July, and on Forts Wagner, Gregg, and
Sumter on August 17 of that year. On the 22d of
September, he commanded the " Montauk," in the night
attack on Sumter. Lieutenant-Commander Badger was
appointed fleet-captain of the squadron upon the death
of Commander George W. Rodgers, — killed in battle, —
and was serving in that capacity in the night attack upon
Sumter, when he was dangerously wounded, his right
leg being shattered by a metallic splinter. When he
had partially recovered he served as inspector of ord-
nance at Philadelphia, and in the same capacity at Pitts-
burg.

Commander in July, 1866; and, as commander of the
" Peoria," received thanks from the Assemblies of An-
tigua and St. Kitt's for services at the great fire at Basse-
Terre. Upon his return, was upon equipment duty at
Portsmouth; and from 1S71 to 1S73 commanded the
" Ticonderoga," in the South Atlantic.

Captain, 1872. Commodore, 1881. As commodore
he was commandant of the Boston Navy- Yard, 1SS2 to
[885. Retired, 1885.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

MAJOR CLARENCE MITCHELL BAILEY.

Major Clarence Mitchell Bailey (Fifteenth Infan-
try) was born in New York, ami was appointed a second
lieutenant in the Sixth U. S. Infantry .August 5, 1S61 ;
promoted a first lieutenant July 14, 1863 ; a captain July
28, [866; and major July 10, 1891, and assigned to the
Fifteenth U. S. Infantry. His first military duty was at
Newport Barracks, Kentucky where he arrived in Sep-
tember, 1861, and was almost immediately placed in
command of Company A, permanent party. This posi-
tion did not last long, as, on the 2ist of the same month,
he was ordered on duty with Company A, First li.it-
talion Fifteenth Infantry, also directed to perform the
duties of A. A 0. M., A. C. S., and adjutant of the bat-
talion then under orders to report to General Robert
Anderson, U. S. Volunteers, at Louisville, Kentucky.
Before leaving Newport he was given, on receipts and
invoices, one thousand dollars quartermaster and three
bundled dollars commissary funds. Asking an officer
what he was to do with this money, he received the
answer, " Keep it separate, and don't spend one fund in
payment of the other's debts."

He arrived in Louisville, and was ordered by General
Anderson to proceed in the direction of Elizabethtown,
and report to General Sherman, wherever he might be.
General Sherman was found at Rolling Forks. Lieuten-
ant Bailey had provided the command with two days'
fresh bread, and when he arrived at the river the general
ordered rations issued ; and as he desired the command to
reach Muldrow's Hills as soon as possible, the lieutenant
supposed he considered his way of giving out the bread
too slow, so the general relieved him of this duty and did
it himself. He would take a loaf and toss it to a man, say-
ing, " Here, catch this." The lieutenant hired wagons of

the farmers, and in due time joined the battalion with
their tents, etc., etc. After being in camp a few days the
commanding officer directed him to buy a saddle and
bridle of a gentleman living near, and to draw a horse
from the quartermaster's department. All this he did,
thinking how kind the commanding officer was about
his being mounted. Alas, for his hopes! As soon as
they changed camp the commanding officer directed his
servant to bring that horse saddled to his tent, and in-
formed the lieutenant that in future he would use it. The
latter can understand now the action of the former, but
at that time thought he had been very badly treated.

The winter was spent on Green River, Kentucky, where
the Thirty-second Indiana Volunteers had a skirmish with
some Texas cavalry; some of the Indiana troops were
killed. The dirge played over the graves of these men
was the most doleful thing ever heard, and it was thought
it had a very depressing effect. The troops suffered that
winter greatly from poorly-cooked rations, bad bread, etc.,
and man)- a man died there who would have lived longer
had the surroundings been different. The early spring
found the battalion en route to the Tennessee River, going
to the rescue of Grant's army. In May they occupied
Corinth, Mississippi. The Fourth of July was spent at
I Iuntsville, Alabama. Shortly after the army took up
the march for Kentucky ; reached Louisville in due time ;
got a new outfit, and started back. The battalion got
a taste of Perrysville, ami in December went into that
memorable fight at Stone River, where so man}' good
men gave up their lives.

Lieutenant Bailey was relieved from duty with the
Fifteenth Infantry in 1863, and joined his own Company
F, Sixth Infantry, in Washington Park, New York, and
subsequently spent the winter at Fort Hamilton.

In Ala}', 1864, he was detailed as judge advocate
First Division, Department of the Hast. In May, 1865,
he departed with his company for the Department of the
Carolinas, and served on the staff of Generals Q. A.
Gillmore and Chas. Devens as judge advocate. He
was relieved by General Daniel Sickels. In 1869 he was
ordered to Fort Gibson, Idaho Territory. He joined
the Eighth Infantry by assignment in March, 1 S7 1 , at
David's Island. He spent the winter of 1 871-72 at
Chicago; went to Utah in Ala)', 1872 ; to Arizona in July,
1S74; on the Bannock campaign in 1878, and assigned
to command of Fort Bidwell, California, the same year.
I He was on duty at Angel Island from September, 1881,
to September, 1S84; then at San Diego until January 2,
1886; in Arizona until the following November ; then
to Fort Bridger, Wyoming. The next July found him
at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Here he remained until
March, l89I,when he was ordered to Pine Ridge, South
Dakota, and remained there until he joined his new sta-
tion, Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

117/0 SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

REAR-ADMIRAL THEODORUS BAILEY.

Rear-Admiral Theodokus Bailey was born at
Chateaugay, New York, in April, 1805. He came of
good colonial stock, his grandfather, John Bailey,
being the first to hoist the Revolutionary flag in New
Yorlc. He also commanded the Second Dutches-,
County Regiment.

Theodorus Bailey witnessed the battle of Plattsburg,
when he was nine years old, General Mooers, a relative,
being engaged therein. Appointed midshipman, 1S18.
Served on the coast of Africa, the Pacific, and the West
Indies. A lieutenant in 1827, he made a cruise round
the world, in the " Vincennes." 1 le was then transferred
to the " Constellation," and made a second cruise round
the world, being absent three years and eight months.
In 1S46 Lieutenant Bailey commanded the store-ship
" Lexington," on the Mexican and Californian coasts.
A company of artillery was taken out from New York as
passengers, — Captain Tompkins in command; the late
General Sherman, first lieutenant ; and the second lieu-
tenant was General E. O. C. < >rd. General Hal leek, then
lieutenant of engineers, was also a passenger. The" Lex-
ington" did good service on the west coast, especially at
La Paz. She blockaded San Bias, and finally captured
that town, after a brisk fight. Lieutenant Bailey was made
commander, 1849. In 1855 commanded the" St. Mary's,"
in the Pacific. In the same year was commissioned cap-
tain. A long and useful cruise terminated with the
settlement of serious troubles at Panama. In 1861 Cap-
tain Bailey was ordered to command the " Colorado,"
joining Farragut at the mouth of the Mississippi. It
was found that the frigate, even if lightened, could not
cross the bar; so Captain Bailey, although an invalid,
and against the advice of the surgeon, obtained permis-
sion for himself and many of his guns, men, and officers
to be transferred to other lighter vessels. Finally he ob-
tained command of the leading division in the passage
of the forts below New Orleans, hoisting his flag in the
" Cayuga." His part in those events is too well known
to require repetition. When the fleet arrived off New
Orleans he went, accompanied by Lieutenant George
Perkins, to demand an unconditional surrender from the
mayor, a mission so hazardous as to be quoted as one
of the most gallant acts performed during the whole war.
The description of their reception by the mob of des-
peradoes is most thrilling, and how those two brave men
escaped assassination will always be a wonder. His con-
duct as leader of the first division elicited the highest
encomiums from both superiors and subordinates, which
space forbids our placing here, even in condensed terms.
What Farragut thought of him was shown by his selec-
tion of him to bear to the government at Washington
the despatches and the reports of the successful opera-

tions. After his arrival at the capital, he described upon
the floor of the Senate Chamber the capture of New
( (rleans.

In June, 1862, Captain Bailey was ordered to com-
mand the Last Gulf Squadron, as acting rear-admiral.
He was engaged in the important blockade of Florida,
capturing prizes, destroying the illicit traffic so exten-
sively carried on, at that time, between the Gulf ports and
the West Indies, and securing supplies designed for the
Confederate service. Admiral Porter remarks: "The
command of this station, although a compliment to Ad-
miral Bailey, was scarcely a reward commensurate with
his character and services. He was not a man whose
appearance would attract attention, except from those
who could appreciate the honest and simple character
of our old-time naval officer; but he was a man who had
no superior in the navy in point of dash, energy, and
courage ; and if he had ever had the opportunity of com-
manding a fleet in action, he would have done it with the
coolness and bravery of Nelson. No higher compliment
could be paid him."

When Farragut was preparing for his attack on Mobile,
he evinced his appreciation of Bailey by offering him the
same position he had filled in the Mississippi. Bailey
accepted with enthusiasm, asking " to be put down for
two chances." But, unfortunately, a severe attack of yel-
low fever sent him North before the attack was made, and
he passed a long convalescence in the peaceful command
of the old naval station at Sag Harbor, instead of leading
Farragut's van.

He was made rear-admiral in 1866, and commanded
the navy-yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from 1865
to 1867. His last service was as a member of the Ex-
amining Board at Washington, in which city he died in
February, 1877.

OFFICERS OF THE ARM)' AND NAVY < regular)

BRIGADIER AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL ABSA-
LOM BA1RD (retired).

Brigadier and Brevet Major-General Absalom
Baird was born in Pennsylvania August 20, 1824, and
graduated at the U. S. Military Academy July 1, 1S49.
1 le was promoted brevet second lieutenant of the Second
Artillery the .same day, and second lieutenant of the
First Artillery April I, 1S50. After serving at Fort
Monroe and Fort Columbus, he participated in the
Florida hostilities against the Seminole Indians until
1S53, when he was detailed at the U. S. Military Acad-
emy as assistant professor of mathematics until Sep-
tember 9, 1856, when he was made principal assistant
of the same branch. In 1859-60 he was on frontier
duty at Fort Brown and Ringgold Barracks, Texas, ami
in 1860-61 in garrison at Fort Monroe.

lie was promoted first lieutenant December 24, 1S53,
and served in command of a light battery in the de-
fence of Washington from March 10 t<> May 11, 1861,
when he was placed on duty as assistant in the Ad-
jutant-General's Office at Washington and brevet cap-
tain of the staff. lie was adjutant-general <>f General
Tyler's division in the defence of Washington, and par-
ticipated in the Manassas campaign of 1861, being en-
gaged in the action at Blackburn's Ford and battle of
First Bull Run, July 21 of that year. On the 3d of
August, 1861, he was appointed captain and assistant
adjutant-general, and until March, 1S62, was assistant
in the Adjutant-General's Department, and on inspection
duty in the War Department.

Captain Baird was appointed major and assistant in-
spector-general November 12, 1S61, and was assigned to
duty as inspector-general and chief of staff of the Fourth

Corps (Army of the Potomac), participating in the Vir-
ginia Peninsula campaign of 1862, being engaged in the
siege of Yorktown, and battle of Williamsburg. I le was
appointed brigadier-general of volunteers April 28, 1862,
and was in command of the Seventeenth Brigade (Army
of the Ohio) from May to September, 1862, being en-
gaged in the capture of Cumberland Gap, and its occu-
pation until evacuated. Then he was assigned to com-
mand the Third Division (Army of Kentucky) about
Lexington ami Danville, Kentucky, to January, 1S63,
when he participated in the operations in Tennessee in
1863, being engaged in the defence of Franklin and re-
pulse of Van Dorn's assault on the place.

General Baird took' part in General Rosecrans's Ten-
nessee campaign of 1 863, and was in the advance on
Tullahoma and capture of Shelbyville. Crossing the
Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, was en-
gaged in the action at Dug Gap, Pigeon Mountain,
Georgia ; battle of Chickamauga, where he especially
distinguished himself; skirmish at Rossville, and oc-
cupation of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to October 10,

1563. Lie was in command of a division of the Four-
teenth Arm)- Corps in the occupation and operations
about Chattanooga, Tennessee, and engaged in the battle
of Missionary Ridge, and pursuit of the enemy to Ring-
gold. He made a reconnoissance towards Dalton,
Georgia, skirmishes at Tunnel Hill April 29 and May 2,

1564. He pursued the enemy with constant skirmishing
to May 28, 1864, and participated eventually in the
Atlanta campaign, being engaged in all the battles and
actions pertaining to that memorable march, termi-
nating with the march through the Carolinas and the
surrender of the rebel army under General Joseph E.
Johnston, at Durham Station, North Carolina, April 26,
1S65.

General Baird was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for
" gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chicka-
mauga, Georgia ;" colonel for the same, " at the battle
of Chattanooga, Tennessee ;" brigadier-general for the
same, "in the capture of Atlanta, Georgia;" major-gen-
eral for the same, " in the field during the Rebellion."
He was also brevetted major-general of U. S. Volunteers
September 1, 1S64, for "faithful services and distin-
guished conduct during the Atlanta campaign, and par-
ticularly in the battles of Resaca and fonesborough, and
lor general good conduct in command of his division
against Savannah."

Alter the war closed, General Baird occupied man)'
important positions too numerous to mention here. He
filled the sever, il grades of major, lieutenant-colonel, and
colonel in the Inspector-General's Department, and was
appointed brigadier-general ( inspector-general j Septem-
ber 22, 1885, and on the 20th of August, 188S, was re-
tired from active service by operation of law.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN W. BARLOW.

Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Barlow (Corps of
Engineers) was born in New York June 26, 1838, and
graduated at the Military Academy May 6, 1861. He
was promoted second lieutenant of the Second Artillery
same day; promoted first lieutenant May 15, 1861, and
transferred to the Topographical Engineers July 24, 1862.
He served in the field with the Army of the Potomac,
participating in the Peninsula campaign of 1862, and
was engaged in the battles around Richmond, Virginia,
especially at Malvern Hill, remaining with the rear-guard
during the movement of the army to the James River,
and the transfer of the army to the defences of Wash-
ington, D. C.

Colonel Barlow was detailed as assistant professor of
Mathematics and Ethics at the Military Academy from
September, 1862, to June 18, 1863, when he was ordered
on duty with the Engineer Battalion of the Army of
the Potomac to February 17, 1S64, being engaged in
constructing the bridge over the Potomac River at Berlin,
Maryland, July 18, 1863; in laying, repairing, and guard-
ing bridges over the Rappahannock River, August 1-23,
1863; over Bull Run, at Blackburn's Ford, October 17,
1863; and across the Rappahannock, at Kelly's Ford,
November 7, 1863. He was engaged in the Mine Run
operations from November 26 to December 3, 1863, and
in making roads and reconnoissances, building block-
houses and erecting defensive works.

Colonel Barlow was again detailed as assistant pro-
fessor of mathematics at the Military Academy from
February 26 to June 20, 1864. He was promoted cap-
tain July 3, 1S63, and in the summer of 1864 was or-
dered to the armies of the West, participating in the
Georgia campaign from July 12 to August 27, 1864, as
chief engineer of the Seventeenth Army Corps, and was
at the latter date granted leave of absence to November
13, 1864, when he rejoined, and was placed in charge of
the defences of Nashville, Tennessee, where he remained
until October, 1865.

He participated in the Pennsylvania campaign, and was
engaged at the battle of Gettysburg ; and in the Georgia
campaign, and engaged in the battle of Atlanta, July 22,

1864, and siege of Atlanta to August 27, 1864, including
the repulse of the sortie of July 28, 1864.

He was brevetted captain May 27, 1862, for " gallant
and meritorious services in the battle of Hanover Court-
House, Virginia;" major July 4, 1864, for "gallant and
meritorious services in the Atlanta campaign ;" and lieu-
tenant-colonel March 13, 1865, for " gallant and merito-
rious services in the battles before Nashville, Tennessee."

At the close of the war, Colonel Barlow was detailed
as superintending engineer of the construction of Fort
Clinch, Florida, from October 20, 1865, to November
19, 1867. He was at this time transferred to the same
duty at Burlington, Vt, as Superintending Engineer of
Fort Montgomery, New York, and harbor improvements
on Lake Champlain to May 30, 1870. He was pro-
moted major of Engineers April 23, 1869, and lieutenant-
colonel March 19, 1884.

His duties as an officer of Engineers have required his
services at Chicago, New London, Milwaukee, Chatta-
nooga, Nashville, and other stations from 1S70 to the
present time, he being now employed as Commissioner
and Engineer-in-Chief upon the relocation of the Inter-
national Boundary between the United States and Mexico.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN AND BREVET COLONEL ALBERT BARNITZ.

Captain axd Brevet Colonel Albert Barnitz (re-
tired) was born at Everett, Bedford County, Pennsyl-
vania, March 10, 1835. At the breaking out of the war
of the Rebellion he was pursuing the study of law, in
the office of an eminent jurist, at Minneapolis, Minne-
sota, whither he had gone from Cleveland, Ohio, after
some preparatory study at Kenyon College, and in a
local law-school. But the importunate beating of war-
drums, and the startling cry, " to arms !" caused him to
relinquish his cherished opportunities and to hasten back-
to Cleveland, where, waiving all claims to immediate pre-
ferment, he at once enlisted as a private soldier in the
Second Ohio Cavalry, then organizing on University
Heights, — but was later enrolled as a sergeant.

The regiment with which he was now associated
had a remarkable and altogether exceptional career. It
served in five different armies, under twenty-four gen-
erals, and campaigned through thirteen States and the
Indian Territory ; fought in ninety-five battles and minor
engagements, and marched an aggregate distance of
twenty-seven thousand miles.

Captain Barnitz, meanwhile, won his way, step by step,
to the rank of major. The command of the regiment,
however, devolved upon him at a critical time, while he
yet held the rank of captain, and throughout the entire
.Appomattox campaign, wherein the regiment under the
eye of Custer, and justifying his enthusiastic commen-
dation, habitually led the charge, or bore the brunt of
onset, in every desperate crisis ; and in the battles of
Dinwiddie Court-House, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, and
Appomattox Station, well sustained its old time prestige,
and fought with even more than its accustomed valor ;

;' crowning its achievements by the spirited repulse, at
Appomattox Court-House, of the attempted sortie of a
confederate cavalry brigade, while efforts towards capitu-
lation were in progress.

It is historically stated that " from the 27th of March
to the surrender of Lee" (Colonel Barnitz being mean-
while in command) "the Second captured, and turned
over to the provost-marshal, eighteen pieces of artillery,
one hundred and eighty horses, seventy army wagons,
nine hundred prisoners, and small-arms not counted."

Upon the reorganization of the army, in 1866, Colonel
Barnitz was commissioned captain of G Troop, Seventh
U. S. Cavalry, and subsequently brevetted major, lieuten-
ant-colonel, and colonel, in the regular army.

He served with the Seventh Cavalry, and in command
of his troop and detachments, on independent scouts
and other expeditions, in Indian campaigns in Kansas,
Colorado, Texas, and the Indian Territory ; marching
many thousand miles, and participating in numerous
engagements with the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Apaches,
Kiowas, Comanches, and Sioux. He was with General
Hancock's Expedition on the Plains, in the spring of
1867, and participated in the seizure and destruction of
the Cheyenne village. He was with General Sully in
pursuit of the hostile tribes to the border of the Staked
Plains, and in attendant engagements in 1868. He ac-
companied General Custer on the toilsome campaign,
through blizzards and trackless snow, which culminated
at the battle of Washita, Indian Territory, November
2j, 1868, in which engagement Colonel Barnitz, at day-
break, led the attack from below the village, and later,
while separated from his command, in an effort to head
off a large party of Indians escaping to their ponies,
killed, in a hand-to-hand encounter, three warriors, by
one of whom he had been previously shot through the
body, just below the heart, — the wound being pro-
nounced mortal, at the time, by the surgeons present.
The colonel was twice seriously wounded during the war
of the Rebellion. lie was retired from active service
December 15, 1870, and makes his occasional home at
Cleveland, Ohio. lie was admitted to the bar in 1881,
but has never engaged in active practice of the law, as
he prefers to travel with his family, and meanwhile writes
occasional letters for the Cleveland Leader. He has
gained some celebrity as a poet, having written several
war-poems of remarkable vigor, and others not less meri-
torious. His graphic war-correspondence for the Cin-
cinnati Commercial, over the signature " A. B," is still
favorably remembered.

Colonel Barnitz is a son of Dr. Martin E. Barnitz
and Martha McClintic, of Chambersburgh, Pa., who
emigrated to Ohio in 1835. He is also a grandson
of Captain John McClintic, renowned in the war of
1 81 2.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AND BREVET BRIGADIER-
GENERAL JOHN W. BARR1GER.

Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-Gen-
eral John W. Barriger (Assistant Commissary-General
of Subsistence) was born in Kentucky, and appointed a
cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, from the same State,
on the 1st of September, 1S52. He was graduated, and
appointed a second lieutenant in the Second U. S. Artil-
lery, July 1, 1856.

Lieutenant Barriger served at the artillery school at
Fort Monroe, Virginia, in 1857-59, anc' >n Light Com-
pany A, of his regiment, in 1859-61. In May, 1861,
being then on duty in the defences of Washington, he
was assigned to the command of Fort Ellsworth, the
principal earthwork in front of Alexandria, Virginia,
which he armed and equipped. He served in the Man-
assas campaign of July, 1861, as first lieutenant of Light
Company D, Second Artillery, commanded by Captain
Richard Arnold, and was engaged with his battery in
the battle of Bull Run, Virginia, fought on the 2ist of
July, 1861, for which he was brevetted captain, "for gal-
lant and meritorious services," to date from July 21,
1 Siii. On the 3d of August, 1 861, Lieutenant Barriger
was appointed a commissar)- of subsistence with the rank
of captain, and ordered to Indianapolis, Indiana, for duty as
chief commissary of subsistence for the volunteer troops
being raised in the State of Indiana. On the 30th of
November, 1861, he was relieved from duty at Indian-
apolis, and assigned as chief commissary of subsistence
of the Department of Western Virginia, commanded by
General W. S. Rosecrans. From July to November,

1862, after the discontinuance of the Department of
Western Virginia, he was engaged in inspecting sub-
sistence depots in the Middle Department, and in for-
warding subsistence stores from Baltimore to Frederick,
Maryland, for the use of the Arm}- of the Potomac during
the Antietam campaign. In December, 1862, he was
ordered to report to General J. D. Cox, commanding the
District of West Virginia, for duty as chief commissary
of subsistence of that district. Upon the discontinuance
of the District of West Virginia in April, 1863, he was
ordered to report to General Ambrose E. Burnside,
commanding the Department of the Ohio, for inspection
duty. He was engaged in inspecting subsistence depots
in the States of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and
Kentucky from April to November, 1S63. In November,

1863, Captain Barriger was appointed a commissary of
subsistence of volunteers with the rank of lieutenant-
colonel, and ordered to report to General John G. Foster,
at Cincinnati, Ohio, and accompany him to Knoxville,
Tennessee, for duty as chief commissary of subsistence
of the Department of the Ohio. Lieutenant-Colonel
Barriger, upon arriving at Knoxville in December,
1863, just after the raising of the siege, found the Army

of the Ohio at a distance of one hundred and fifty miles
from its depot of supplies, at Camp Nelson, Kentucky,
which was accessible by mountain wagon-roads only, then
nearly impassable for loaded wagons. It was quickly per-
ceived that a better route of transportation must speedily
be opened to, or the troops withdrawn from, East Ten-
nessee. With the view of opening the route from Chat-
tanooga to East Tennessee, Lieutenant-Colonel Barriger
proceeded to Chattanooga, under the orders and instruc-
tions of General Foster, for conference with General
George H. Thomas, commanding the Department and
Army of the Cumberland. The result of this conference
was an early opening of the railway to Loudon, and the
occupancy of East Tennessee was thereby made possible
and permanent. General Foster was the 1st of Febru-
ary, 1864, compelled by ill health to ask to be relieved of
his command. He was succeeded by General Schofield,
on whose staff Lieutenant-Colonel Barriger served as
chief commissary of subsistence until the close of the
Civil War, which found the command in North Carolina.

Since the close of the Civil War, General Barriger has
performed duty as chief commissary of subsistence of the
Department of Platte, Department of South, and Depart-
ment of Missouri ; as purchasing and depot commissary
of subsistence at Louisville, Ky., Cincinnati, O., Chicago,
111., and St. Louis, Mo. ; and for six years as assistant to
the commissary-general of subsistence at Washington,
D.C. He attained his present grade — viz., assistant com-
missary-general of subsistence, with the rank of lieuten-
ant colonel — March 12, 1892. In recognition of his ser-
vices during the Civil War, he received, in addition to the
brevet of captain heretofore mentioned, the brevets of
major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and brigadier-general.

General Barriger is the author of " Legislative History
of the Subsistence Department of the United States
Army from June 15, 1775, to August 15, 1876," and is
a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

MAJOR HENRY ANTHONY BARTLETT, U.S.M.C.

Major Henry Anthony Bartlett was born in Paw-
tuxet, Rhode Island, and was appointed to the Marine
Corps from that State. He served in the First Regi-
ment Rhode Island Volunteers, under General A. E.
Burnside; on its being mustered out of service he was
appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Sep-
tember 8, 1S61; Port Royal Marine Battalion, under
Major John George Reynolds, which left Washington,
October 16, 1861, on board the transport steamer " Gov-
ernor," which foundered at sea, November 3, i86i,off
the coast of North Carolina; all but seven of the four
hundred marines were rescued by the frigate "Sabine,"
Captain Cadwalader Ringgold, commanding ; Fort Clinch
and Fernandina expedition, February, 1862; St. Augus-
tine expedition, March, 1S62.

Commissioned first lieutenant November 26, 1861;
stationed at marine barracks, Boston, April, 1862, to
July, 1862; commanding guard of the ironclad frigate
" New Ironsides," from July, 1S62, to August, 1864; in
charge of after-division of two eleven-inch guns, manned
by the marine guard, at bombardment of Morris Island,
Sumter, and Moultrie. April 7, 1863, Flag-Officer DuPont
aboard " Ironsides" as his flagship ; in twenty-six other
engagements with Forts Wagner, Gregg, Sumter, Moul-
trie, Bee, and other forts ami batteries in Charleston

harbor; commanded a battalion of three hundred and
twenty marines and one hundred and twenty sailors that
lauded at Morris Island, Jul)', 1863, as a storming-party ;
in command of a battalion of marines on expedition
to St. John's River and Jacksonville, February, 1S64;
marine barracks, Brooklyn, August, 1 864, to March, 1 865 ;
1S64-65, commanded troops and assisted the revenue
officers in breaking up whiskey distilleries; receiving-
ship " North Carolina," from March, 1865, to Septem-
ber, 1865 ; marine barracks, Boston, September, 1865, to
March, 1 866 ; steam frigate " Chattanooga," special cruise,
March, 1 S66, to September, 1866; steam sloop " Sacra-
mento," special cruise, September, 1866, to November,
1867 ; aboard at the time she was wrecked on the Coro-
mandel coast, Bay of Bengal, India.

Commissioned a captain November 29, 1867; marine
barracks, Boston, December 6, 1867, to September, 1868 ;
fleet marine officer flagship " Contoocook," September,
1868, to ( )ctober, 1869; marine barracks, Boston, De-
cember 6, 1S69. to February 4, 1S70; receiving-ship
"Vermont," February 10, 1870, to September 23, 1870;
special duty on Tehuantepec surveying expedition, under
command of Captain Shufeldt, September, 1870, to Sep-
tember, 1 87 i; receiving-ship " Vermont," October, 1 87 1,
to June, 1872; fleet marine officer flagship " Hartford,"
Asiatic Station, October, 1872, to October, 1875 ; judge-
advocate, Navy and Marine Corps, from November, 1875,
to August, 1879; head-quarters Marine Corps, Washing-
ton, D. C, August, 1879, to February 26, 1880; training-
ship " Minnesota," March 1, 1880, to August 8, 1881;
commanding head-quarters Marine Corps, Washington,
.August 12, 1 88 1, to November 21, 1881 ; special duty
Navy Department, November, 1881, to March, 1882;
receiving-ship " Colorado," March, 18S2, to September
1, 1883 ; fleet marine officer flagship " Trenton," Asiatic
Station, September 1, 1S83, to September 22, 1886;
commanding marine barracks, Norfolk, Virginia, January
1, 1887, to April 16, 1887; commanding marine bar-
racks, Annapolis, Maryland, April 20, 1887, to April 1,
1 89 1 ; graduated at the Torpedo School, Newport, Rhode
Island, [888.

Commissioned major January 29, 1891 ; commanding
marine barracks, League Island, from April I, 1891, to
June, 1 89 1 ; commanding marine barracks, Mare Island,
August 1, 1891.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

MEDICAL-DIRECTOR NEWTON L. BATES.

Dr. Bates was born in New York, and appointee!
assistant surgeon from that State in July, 1861. His
first service was at the Naval Hospital at New York.
He then served in the " Seneca," in the South Atlantic
Squadron, in 1861-62.

He was on duty at the Naval Laboratory at New York
in 1862-63. That was then a very busy place, and to fill
the requisitions required the devoted exertions of those
on duty there, — while it is a kind of duty requisite for
the completeness of naval outfits which seldom receives
recognition.

Dr. Bates then went to the Mississippi, and served in
the ironclad " Benton" in 1863-64, partaking in her work
during that time. He was again stationed at the Naval
Laboratory from 1864 to 1867. He was commissioned
as surgeon September, 1865, and served in the " Ports-
mouth" during 1867-68, and the " Swatara" during 1868
-69. He went directly to the " Miantonomah," and
served in her in 1869-70. He was attached to the
U. S. S. "Pawnee" in 1870-71, and to the navy-yard at
Norfolk, Virginia, from 1871 to 1873. He was fleet-
surgeon on board the flagship " Brooklyn," of the South
Atlantic Squadron (Admiral Leroy), from 1873 to 1876.
For two years after this he was attached to the " Min-
nesota." He was a member of the Board of Examiners,
187S-80.

Dr. Bates was made medical inspector in January,

1 88 1, and was in charge of the Naval Hospital at Yoko-
hama, Japan, for some time ; after which he served in the
flagship " Lancaster" as fleet-surgeon up to 1S84.

Coming to the East again, he was for three years on
special duty at Washington, where he made many friends
by his skilful treatment and sympathy with his patients.
He next served in three flagships, — the " Trenton" in
1SS7, the " Richmond" in iSSS, and the " Pensacola" in
the same year. He became medical director in Septem-
ber, 1888. Since then he has been in charge of the
Naval Hospital at Mare Island, California.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. BECK.

Captain- William H. Beck (Tenth Cavalry) was
born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the first call for
troops by the President, at the breaking out of the war
of the Rebellion, he entered the volunteer service as
corporal of Company B, Tenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
April [6, 1861, and was honorably discharged July 29,

1 86 1. He then re-entered the service as quartermaster-
sergeant of the Sixth Illinois Cavalry, September 21, 1S61,
and promoted first lieutenant October 21, 1862.

He served in the armies of the West, in the field, and
was engaged in action at Coldwater, Mississippi, October
21, 1862, where he was severely wounded, and resigned
his volunteer commission February 28, 1863.

Captain Beck did not again enter the service during the
war, but was appointed to the regular service, as second
lieutenant of the Tenth Cavalry, June 18, 1867, and was
promoted first lieutenant December 11, [867. He served
in the field in Mexico and Arizona, participating in nu-
merous campaigns, and was engaged in actions against
numerous Apache Indians at Sierra Carmen, Mexico,
November 1, 1877. He participated in action with
Victorio, at Tenajos de los Palmos, Texas, Jul}- 30,
[880, and also with the same at Rattlesnake Canon,
August 6, 1880. He also participated in the capture of
the Chiricahua Indians at Fort Apache, Arizona, August
30, 1886.

Captain Beck performed the duties of adjutant of the
Sixth Illinois Cavalry from November 1, 1862, to Febru-
ary 28, 1863, and was acting assistant quartermaster of
the district in 1880. He was promoted captain Tenth
Cavalry December 23, 1887.

In 1892 his regiment was ordered to the Department
of Dakota, and is now en route to stations therein.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COLONEL AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL AMOS

BECKWITH (RETIRED).

Colonel and Brevet Major-General Amos Beck-
witii was born in Vermont on the 4th of October, 1825,
and was graduated from the Military Academy July I,
1850. lie was promoted a brevet second lieutenant in
the artillery, and served in the hostilities against the
Seminole Indians, in Florida, from 1850 to 1853, in the
mean time having been promoted to second lieutenant,
First U. S. .Artillery, February 22, 1 851. He served at
Forts Monroe and McIIenry during the years of 1853-55,
and was promoted to first lieutenant August 21, 1854.

After having served at Fort Monroe, Key West, and
Barrancas, he was ordered on frontier at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, from which place he was ordered, at the
commencement of the Rebellion, to Washington, 'D. C,
being a first lieutenant at the time in Colonel Magruder's
battery of light artillery. In less than one year he and
thirteen either officers were taken from that regiment for
the Staff Corps, he being appointed captain and com-
missary of subsistence May 10, 1861, and performing
the duties of chief depot commissary of subsistence at
Washington, D. C, to January 15, 1864, having been,
during that time, promoted major September 29, 1861,
and colonel and additional aide-de-camp January 1, 1862,
holding the latter appointment until May 31, 1866.

Colonel Beckwith was engaged cm a tour of inspection
of the commissary department in the Department of Ohio,
the Cumberland, Tennessee, and the Gulf, from February
5 to April 13, 1864, and from April, 1864, to July, 1865,
he was chief commissary of subsistence of the military
division of the Mississippi, on the staff of Major-Gen-
eral Sherman, being present with his armies in their
battles, marches, etc. His labors were not confined to
his own duties, but he often aided others, — acting in the
quartermaster's department when requested or necessi-
tated to do so.

He was made brevet lieutenant-colonel and brevet
colonel September I, 1864, "for gallant and meritorious
services in the campaign against Atlanta, Georgia ;"
brevet brigadier-general U. S. Volunteers, January 12,
1865; brevet brigadier-general U. S. Army, March 13,
1865, "for gallant and meritorious service in the cam-
paign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent
army under General Joseph E. Johnston ;" brevet major-
general U. S. Army, March 13, 1865, "for faithful and
meritorious service in the subsistence department during
the Rebellion."

After the close of field operations he went to St. Louis,
Missouri, then served as supervising commissary of sub-
sistence for the Department of the Gulf States and depot
commissary of subsistence, New Orleans, Louisiana ;
as chief commissary of subsistence, Department of the
Gulf, of the Fifth Military I )istrict ( Louisiana and Texas),
and in other important capacities in the Southern and
Southwestern States. During his tour of duty in New
Orleans, Louisiana, he passed through a disastrous yel-
low-fever epidemic which nearly terminated his career.

General Beckwith served as chief commissary, Depart-
ment of the Gulf, to March 28, 1874. Having been pro-
moted lieutenant-colonel and assistant commissary-gen-
eral of subsistence June 23, 1874, he was ordered to
Washington, D. C, in the office of the commissary-general
of subsistence, and, after a few months, took station at
St. Louis, Missouri, as purchasing and depot commis-
sary, where he remained from June 7, 1875, to October
4. 1889.

On the 28th (if August, 1888, he was promoted colonel
and assistant commissary-general of subsistence, and was
retired from active service, by operation of law, October
4. 1889.

The following is taken from an editorial in the Army
and Navy Journal upon the retirement of General Beck-
with :

" Although not connected directly with the Army of
the Potomac, General McClellan, in his official report,
handsomely refers to the valuable services of this officer.
So highly was he regarded by the late President Lincoln,
who knew him intimately, that a position in the adjutant-
general's department, afterwards filled by General Drum,
was tendered him, and also, about the same time, a
position in the quartermaster's department. At the
solicitation of prominent officials, he was induced to
accept, in preference, a place in the subsistence depart-
ment. Naturally of a meditative habit of mind, reserved
and uncommunicative, General Beckwith's real ability
was not always understood until necessity for action
gave opportunity for the manifestation of his energy and
persistence of purpose. Then difficulties seemed to in-
tensify his force, and no temporary defeat could turn
him from his purpose. Rising always to the greatness
of the occasion, he never failed in the performance of
his duties, whatever their magnitude. With his retire-
ment from active service, the subsistence department
loses one of the ablest officers of the United States
Army, and one whose devotion to the obligations of
duty and honor is an example to others."

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

REAR-ADMIRAL GEORGE E. BELKNAP.

Rear-Admiral George E. Belknap was born in New
Hampshire in January, 1832, and appointed midshipman
from that State in October, 1847. After serving in the
African and Pacific Squadrons, he went to the Naval
Academy, and became passed midshipman in 1853. After
serving on the Coast Survey, and as acting master of
two sloops-of-war, he was promoted master in 1855, and
lieutenant in the same year. After short shore-service,
he went to China in the " Portsmouth ;" commanded a
howitzer-launch at the capture of the Barrier Forts, in
the Canton River, November, 1856. The forts were four
in number, and mounted one hundred and seventy-six-
guns of all kinds. He assisted in undermining and
blowing up these works after capture. In 1861 he com-
manded the boats of the " St. Louis" at both reinforce-
ments of Fort Pickens. While attached to the " Huron,"
in 1861-62, he was in the expedition against Fernandina,
St. John's, St. Mary's, St. Augustine, etc.

Lieutenant-commander July, 1862. Executive-officer
of the " New Ironsides" in twenty-seven engagements
with Forts Wagner, Sumter, Moultrie, Batteries Bee,
Beauregard, etc., of the defences of Charleston. After
commanding gunboat " Seneca," he commanded the iron-
clad " Canonicus" in two actions with the Howlett Horse-
Battery in December, 1864, and at both battles of Fort
Fisher, taking the advanced position. .After the capture
of Fort Fisher he proceeded to Charleston, and, after
firing the last shot at its defences, was present at the
evacuation. He then went to Havana, with Admiral
Gordon, in quest of the ironclad " Stonewall."

Commanded " Shenandoah," in Asiatic Squadron, in
1 866-67.

Commander July, 1S66. Commanded "Hartford,"
Asiatic Squadron flagship, 1867-68. During this time
commanded expedition against Formosan natives. After
a tour of shore duty was ordered to command of " Tus-
carora," and went to the Pacific. Co-operated with Sel-
fridge's party in the Darien survey. In May, 1873, in
command of " Tuscarora," went to make deep-sea sound-
ings between the western coast of the United States and
the coast of Japan, to test the feasibility of a submarine
cable. I lis adaptation of Sir William Thomson's ma-
chine, and his success in obtainim? soundings with wire
at great depths, are well known. He ascertained the
" true continental outline" from Cape Flattery to San
Diego, and ran a line of soundings from San Diego to
Yokohama, I'l/i the Hawaiian and Brown Islands, and
from Yokohama to Cape Flatten", via the Aleutian
Islands. Off the Japan coast he found the most ex-
traordinary depths ever known, — more than five and
one-fourth statute miles. He is the inventor of several
cylinders for bringing specimens from ocean-bed, which
are in use in the naval service and the coast survey.

For these successes he received the public and em-
phatic recognition of Sir William Thomson and many
other scientific men.

Commander Belknap was senior officer present at
Honolulu when serious political disturbances arose, and
he landed a force from the " Tuscarora" and the " Ports-
mouth" which preserved order for several days. For
this he had the thanks of the king, the chambers, and
the consular corps. He then served as hydrographic
inspector, and in command of " Ohio." With impaired
health from exposure in deep-sea work, he was obliged
to go South, and was ordered as captain of Pensacola
Navy- Yard. During 1875 he was a member of the
Board of Visitors to Naval Academy, and, later, member
of the Board of Examiners of Midshipmen. In 187611c
was detached from duty at Pensacola and put on special
duty in reference to deep-sea soundings. Afterwards he
returned to Pensacola as commandant, and remained
there three years, lie then commanded the " Alaska"
in the Pacific, and was attached to the navy-yard at Nor-
folk. In 1885 he was promoted to be commodore, and
was superintendent of the Naval Observatory in 1885 ;
was commandant of the navy-yard at Mare Island in
[886-90. He was promoted to be rear-admiral in Feb-
ruary, [889, and commanded the Asiatic Station until
1892.

117/0 SERVED TN THE CIVIL WAR.

COLONEL AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY

W . BENHAM.

Colonel and Brevet Major-General Henry W.
Benham was born in Connecticut. Graduated first in
his class at the Military Academy July i, 1 S37 ; bre-
vet second lieutenant Engineers July 1, 1837; assistant
engineer on the improvement of Savannah River, Geor-
gia, 1837-38; first lieutenant July 7,1838; superintend-
ing engineer of repairs of Fort Marion and St. Augus-
tine sea-wall, Florida, 1839-44; of repairs of defences of
Annapolis Harbor 1844-45; repairs of St. Augustine
sea-wall, Florida, [845—46; Forts Mifflin and McHenry
1 845 ; repairs of Forts Madison and Washington 1 K46-47 ;
in war with Mexico, engineer on staffs of Generals Taylor
and Wool ; engaged and wounded in the battle of Buena
Vista February, 1847; brevet captain February 25, 1847,
for gallant and meritorious conduct in battle of Buena
Vista, General Scott recommending a second brevet of
major for "his great services" in that action; served on
various engineer duties from 1 S47 to breaking out of
Civil War, and part of the time was on duty in Europe.
In 1855 was selected from the engineers for promotion
in the new regiments, but declined to be major of the
Ninth Infantry March. 3, 1855; served during the rebel-
lion of the seceding States 1861-66; as chief engineer
of General McClellan, Department of the Ohio, May 14
to Jul)- 22, 1861, laying out and building fortifications at
Cairo and Bird's Point ; was temporarily on the staff of
General T. A. Morris, in military operations at Laurel
Hill, West Virginia, July 6-1 1, 1861 ; and in command of
all the troops that pursued, routed, and killed General
Robert S. Garnett, capturing his trains with artillery, and
thus, as the general commanding reported, " Secession
was dead in West Virginia." Was brevet colonel July
13, 1 86 1, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle
of Carrick's Ford, Virginia; this commission (the first
battle-brevet of the war) made him the senior brevet
major-general of the Corps of Engineers ; and he was
recommended to be brevet brigadier-general by the board
of general officers for this action ; major Corps of En-
gineers August 6, 1 861; brigadier-general U. S. Volun-
teers August 13, 1861 ; in West Virginia campaign August
to November, 1861 ; in command <>f brigade at New
Creek August 16, 1861 ; commanded the leading and only
brigade engaged at the action and rout of Floyd, at Car-
nifex Ferry, September 10, 1861 ; and on November 14
to 16, 1861, in the skirmishes and second rout of Floyd,
from Cotton Hill to Raleigh, West Virginia, with great
loss of baggage and trains, and his chief of cavalry, Col-
onel Croghan, killed. Was present and in command at the
bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, April
10-11, 1S62; lieutenant-colonel Corps of Engineers
March 3, 1863; reorganized and commanded engineer

brigade (Army of the Potomac), being engaged in throw-
ing pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock for the
passage and retreat of the army at Chancellorsville,
April 29 to May 5, 1863 ; his horse shot under him at the
"crossing" below Fredericksburg April 29, 1863; laid
the pontoon bridges at Franklin's crossing in face of the
enemy June 5, 1863; reorganized the pontoon trains at
Washington July, 1863, to May, 1864; and laid most of
the pontoon bridges for the Army of the Potomac from
May, 1S64, to May, 1865 ; one of them over the James
River, at Fort Powhatan, June 1 3, 1 S64, was two thousand
two hundred feet long, and built in five hours ; in the mean
time constructed and commanded the defences at City
Point, Virginia, covering as a reserve the main depots and
head-quarters of General Grant ; and served with his com-
mand in the lines in front of Petersburg ; brevet brigadier-
general U. S. Army March 13, 1865, for gallant and meri-
torious services in the campaign terminating with the sur-
render of the insurgent army under General R. E. Lee;
April 3, 1865, joined in taking possession of Petersburg,
and was placed in command of that city, moving thence to
Burkesville and towards the Roanoke River, to act against
Johnston ; repairing bridges across Appomattox and
Staunton Rivers April 3-23, 1865; and on march to
Washington, D. C, May to June, 1865; brevet major-
general U. S. Vols, for faithful services during the Rebel-
lion; brevet major-general U. S. A. March 13, 1865, for
gallant and meritorious services during the Rebellion ;
mustered out of volunteer service Jan. 1 5, 1866, and took
charge of the sea-walls in Boston Harbor; of the defences
of Provincetown, Mass. ; colonel Corps of Engineers
March 7, 1 867, and as member and president of the Board
of Engineers June 20, 1865, to May 18, 1867; after July,
1877, in charge of inner defences of N. Y. Harbor, and of
the forts at N. Y. Narrows, Sandy Hook, N. J., and Lake
Champlain ; retired June 30, 1882. He died at New York
City June 1, 1SS4.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY ^regular)

MAJOR AND BREVET COLONEL FREDERICK W.
BENTEEN (retired).

Major and Brevet Colonel Frederick W. Benteen
was born in Petersburg, Virginia, August 24, 1834. Ik-
entered the military service at the breaking out of the
war of the Rebellion as a first lieutenant in the Tenth
Missouri Cavalry, in which regiment he subsequently
rose to the rank oi lieutenant-colonel, and was appointed
colonel of the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth U. S.
Colored Troops July 15, 1X65.

Colonel Benteen's service in the held during the war
was with the Western armies, participating in the follow-

ing engagements: Actions of Wet Glaze, Springfield, Sa-
lem, Second Springfield, Cane Creek, Sugar Creek ; battle
of l'ea Ridge; actions of Batesville, Kickapoo, Cotton
Plant ; defence of Helena, Arkansas ; actions of Milliken's
Rend, Bolivar, and Greenville; engaged at the actions of
Tuscumbia, Tupelo and Alabama Valley; the battle of
Iuka, Mississippi ; action of Florence ; siege of Vicksburg ;
action of Brandon Station; capture of Jackson ; raid to
Meridian, and action of Bolivar; at the actions of Big
Blue Osage, Charlotte Prairie, Pleasant Rid^e, Monte-
vallo ; assault and capture of Selma, Alabama, and Co-
lumbus, Georgia.

Colonel Benteen commanded his regiment at the battle
of Iuka and action of Montevallo, and a brigade at the
action of Big Blue Osage, and at the close of the war was
mustered out January 6, 1 866, but subsequently appointed
captain in the Seventh LT. S. Cavalry, to date from July,
1 866. He was then ordered to the plains and served at
man}' posts and on campaign duty, participating in the
engagement with hostile Indians on the Saline River,
Kansas, and in the Big Horn and Yellowstone expedition
of 1 cSj6, his company forming part of the ill-fated Custer's
command.

He was made brevet major for gallant and meritorious
services at the battle of the ( >sage, Missouri : brevet lieu-
tenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious services in the
charge on Columbus, Georgia ; brevet colonel for gallant
and meritorious conduct in the engagement with hostile
Indians on the Saline River, Kansas.

He was promoted major of the Ninth U. S. Cavalry
December 17, [882, and retired for disability in the line
of duty July 7, 1888.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

MAJOR EDWIN BENTLEY.

Dr. Edwin Bentley was born in New London ( !ounty,

Connecticut and in the national contest, Dr. Bentley
became incited by the fullest patriotism and devotion for
the nation's cause, and he immediately took an active
part, in season and out of season, — at all times engaged in
caring for the sick and wounded, in which, for continued
service and number of operations made, he was equalled by
few and excelled by none. For years he had thousands
of wounded men under his care, and at times more than
a hundred medical officers under his charge. All this he
conducted — with the vast property responsibility — with-
out a controversy, or arrest of either officer or soldier
subject to his orders. The following is gleaned from the
official records, and is offered as a brief exhibit of his
military service, which embraces an experience in the
field, camp, post, general hospital, and Libby prison at
Richmond in i S62.

Statement of the military service of Surgeon Edwin
Bentley, of the U. S. Arm)-, compiled from the records
of the War Department, Washington :

He was mustered into the sen-ice as assistant surgeon,
Fourth Connecticut Infantry, June 6, 1861. He was ap-
pointed surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, September 4, 1861,
and honorably mustered out January 4, 1S66. He re-
ceived the brevet of lieutenant-colonel March 13, [865,
for faithful and meritorious service during the war. He
served in the Army of the Potomac, in F. J. Porter's
division, until the autumn of 1862; then in charge of
General Hospital at Alexandria, Virginia, and subse-
quently as superintendent of hospitals at that place to
April, 1866; was post-surgeon at Russell Barracks,
D. C, until mustered out of the volunteer service.

Was appointed assistant surgeon, U.S.A., February S,
1 S(')6,— service being continuous from the volunteer to
the regular; captain and assistant surgeon July 2^, 1866;
major and surgeon Jul)- 12, 1879. He remained on duty
at Russell Barracks, D. C, to December, 1868; at Lin-
coln Barracks, D. C, to April, 1869; at Camp Reynolds,
California, to August, 1869; then as post-surgeon at
Point San Jose, California, January, 1871 ; April 17, 1873,
with Batteries B, C, and G, Fourth Artillery, to Modoc
expedition, — in lava beds, at head-quarters of General
Gillem, south side of Yula Lake, transporting wounded,
at the conclusion of the war, from the field-hospital, of

which he was in charge, to Fort Klamath, Oregon. He
rejoined his proper station at Point San Jose, California,
where he remained post-surgeon until 1874. Also on
duty at Alcatraz Island, at the Presidio of San Francisco,
California; at Camp Bidwell, California. February, 1875,
recorder of Medical Examining Board and attending sur-
geon at San Francisco, California. In 1876 he was on
leave of absence, to enable him to study mental diseases
and morbid anatomy of the nervous system, being super-
intendent of the Napa Insane Asylum, California. Feb-
ruary, 1877, on duty, with the Sixteenth Infantry, at New
( Irleans, Louisiana, where, finding an epidemic of small-
pox producing much alarm among the troops of the
command, he established a pest-hospital, by order of the
commanding general, and for his success in its manage-
ment and devotion to the patients he received a special
letter of commendation from the medical director of the
department. In 1887 he was on duty as post-surgeon at
Little Rock Barracks; on duty in Pennsylvania during
the labor strikes; also medical director of the Depart-
ment of Arkansas. In 1884 he was post-surgeon at
Fort Clark, Texas, and post-surgeon at Fort Brown,
Texas, in 1886; was retired in 1888; was professor of
anatomy in Pacific Medical College, California, and pro-
fessor of surgery in the medical department of the
Industrial University of Arkansas since its organization.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN ERIC BF.RGLANO.

Captain Eric Bergland (Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.)

enlisted at the age of seventeen in Company D, Fifty-
seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, September 14, [861.
In December, 1NG1, was mustered into service as second
lieutenant, and in April, 1862, he was promoted to first
lieutenant, in which capacity he served until the regiment
was mustered out of service, the war being ended, July
7, [865. During his connection with the Fifty-seventh
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, he took part in the capture
of Fort Donelson, and the battles of Shiloh, Corinth,
and Resaca. While in the field at Rome, Georgia, in
the autumn of 1864, he received an appointment as
cadet at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point.
On reporting to Superintendent of Military Academy
November 16, he was informed that his class was al-
ready w'ell advanced in their studies, and that it would
require considerable previous knowledge of mathematics
to be able to make up before examination for the time
lost; as before enlisting in the army he had only en-

joyed the advantages of a village school and knew noth-
ing of the higher mathematics, he thought it highly
improbable that he would be able to prepare for the first
examination after being nearly two months behind his
classmates. On the advice of the Superintendent, he
therefore applied to the Secretary of War to have his
appointment extended to the following June, when he
could enter on equal terms with other members of his
class. This request was granted, and he was in the
mean time ordered to Johnson's Island, Ohio, for duty as
assistant to Captain Tardy, Corps of Engineers, until
June 1, 1865.

Me graduated June 15, 1869, at the head of his class,
and as the staff corps had just previously been closed by
Act of Congress, he was commissioned second lieutenant
Fifth Artillery, and stationed at Fort Warren, Massachu-
setts, and Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, and in the field
on the Canada boundary during the Fenian raid in 1870.
June 10, 1872, he was transferred to the Corps of Engi-
neers, and promoted to first lieutenant ; promoted to cap-
tain January 10, [884.

Since his transfer to the Corps of Engineers, he has
served with the Engineer Battalion, has been instructor
of military engineering and mathematics, and assistant
professor of ethics and law at the U. S. Military Acad-
emy ; assistant engineer on Western explorations, under
Captain George M. Wheeler, for three years in California,
Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado; engineer in charge of
river and harbor improvements in Tennessee, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.

In command of Company C, Battalion of Engineers,
and instructor of civil engineering U. S. Engineer School,
located at Willett's Point, New York ; was ordered to
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a week after the great flood,
in charge of a detachment and bridge-train, and ordered
to replace by pontoon-bridges those swept away by the
flood; since November 13, 1 891, stationed at Baltimore,
Maryland, as engineer of Fifth and Sixth Light-House
Districts.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

MAJOR AND BREVET COLONEL REUBEN F. BERNARD
Major and Brevet Colonel Reuben F. Bernard,
Eighth Cavalry, was a private, farrier, corporal, sergeant,
and first sergeant in the army from February 19, 1855,
to January 5, 1862 ; then acting second lieutenant of the
First Cavalry to July 17, 1862, when he was appointed a
second lieutenant of that regiment. He served on the
Pacific coast and in New Mexico before the war of the
Rebellion, and participated in the following fights with
Indians: On the head-waters of the Gila River, New
Mexico, March 28, 1856; on the Mimbres River, New
Mexico, April 5, 1856; in Pinal Mountains, Arizona
Territory, December 25, 1858; on San Carlos River
December 27, 1858; on San Pedro River, Arizona
Territory, November 9, 1 S 5 9 ; near Fort Buchanan, Ari-
zona Territory, January 20, i860; on San Carlos River,
Arizona Territory, January 21, 1861 ; skirmish with
rebel Texans near Fort Craig, New Mexico, February
19, 1862; battle of Valverde, New Mexico, February 21,
1862 ; fight with Indians in the mountains near Socorro,
New Mexico, February 26, 1 862 ; skirmish with rebels
at Apache Canon, New Mexico, March 28, 1862; battle
of Pigeon's Ranch, New Mexico, March 30, 1862 ;
skirmish at Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 25, [862;
skirmish at Peralto, New Mexico, April 27, 1862.

lie was promoted to be first lieutenant June 2$, 1863,
and transferred to duty in the field with the Army of the
Potomac, and participated in the following engagements :
Skirmishes near Culpeper Court-House, Virginia;
Stevensburgh, Virginia; Mine Run, Virginia; Barnet
Ford, Virginia ; near Charlottesville, Virginia ; on Rapi-
dan River, Virginia ; battle of Todd's Tavern, Virginia
(wounded) ; battle of Spottsylvania Court-House, Vir-
ginia ; skirmishes on road to Beaver Dam, Virginia; at
Beaver Dam, Virginia ; on road to Yellow Tavern, Vir-
ginia ; battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia ; skirmishes at
Meadow Bridge, Virginia ; after passing Meadow Bridge,
Virginia; at Tunstall's Station, Virginia ; while crossing
Mattapony River ; battles of Hawes' Shop, Virginia ;
Old Church, Virginia; Cold Harbor, Virginia ; skirmish
at Chickahominy River, Virginia ; battle of Trevilian
Station, Virginia : skirmishes at White House Landing,
Virginia; at Chickahominy River, Virginia ; battles of
Deep Bottom, Virginia ; Darby's Farm, Virginia ; skir-
mishes at Barnesville, Virginia ; Stone Church, Virginia ;
New Town, Virginia; near Winchester, Virginia ; near
Front Royal, Virginia; Shepherdstown, Virginia; en-
gagements at Smlthfield, Virginia ; skirmishes near Hall-
town, Virginia ; Barnesville, Virginia ; Opequan Creek,
Virginia ; battle at Winchester ; skirmish at Cedarville ;
battle of Luray Valley, Virginia; skirmishes near
Front Royal, Virginia; in Luray Valley, Virginia;
near Staunton, Virginia; engagement at Waynesborough,
Virginia ; skirmishes at Rapidan River, Virginia ; War-

renton, Virginia ; Snicker's Gap, Virginia ; Bunker Hill,
Virginia; near Mount Jackson, Virginia ; engagement at
Waynesborough, Virginia ; skirmish at South Anna
Bridge, Virginia ; engagement at White House Landing,
Virginia; skirmish on Chickahominy River, Virginia; en-
gagement at Dinwiddie Court-House, Virginia ; skirmish
at White Oak Road, Virginia ; engagement near Din-
widdie Court-House, Virginia ; battle of Five Forks,
Virginia; engagement at Scott's Cross-Roads, Virginia ;
skirmish at Drummond's Mills, Virginia ; battle of Sail-
or's Creek, Virginia ; skirmish near Sailor's Creek, Vir-
ginia ; skirmish at night near Appomattox Court-House,
Virginia; engagement of Appomattox Court-House.

Colonel Bernard was brevetted captain May 6, 1864,
for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of
Todd's Tavern, Virginia; major August 28, 1864, for
gallant and meritorious services in action at Smithfield,
Virginia; lieutenant-colonel and colonel March 13, 1865,
for gallant and meritorious services during the war.

He was promoted to the captaincy of Company G,
F'irst U. S. Cavalry, July 28, 1866, at which date he was
serving with his company on the plains against the In-
dians, participating in nineteen fights, from 1866 to 1881,
in Arizona, California, and Oregon. ] le thus has to his
credit one hundred and three battles and skirmishes.
He was recommended by General Orel for the brevet of
brigadier-general, for gallantry in action with the Chiri-
cahua Indians, October 20, 1869. On the 7th of Feb.
[886, marched Companies D and E, Sixteenth Infantry,
from Fort Mcintosh, Texas, to the city of Laredo, Texas,
for the purpose of suppressing a local political riot that
had been going on for several hours ; some twenty odd
persons having been killed, he took charge of the city,
disarmed both parties, kept charge of the city for the
night, restoring order. He was promoted major of the
Eighth Cavalry November r, 1882.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAl'Y [.regular)

COLONEL CLERMONT L. BEST (retired).

Colonel Clermont L. Best was born in New York,
and graduated from the Military Academy in the class of
1847. He was appointed a brevet second lieutenant of
the First LI. S. Artillery, and served in the war with
Mexico, during which time he received his appointment
as second lieutenant. Fourth Artillery. < In duty at Fort
Monroe, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Jefferson Bar-
racks, Missouri, in [848—49, and was then engaged in
Florida, in hostilities against the Seminole Indians,
during the year 1 850.

He was at this time promoted first lieutenant and
ordered to Fort Hamilton, and served at that post and
Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania, from 1X50 to [853, when he
was placed on frontier duty at Ringgold Barracks, Texas,
serving there and at Fort Brown and Las Animas. Texas,
to 1855. lie was granted leave of absence at this time,
and rejoined his command in [856 in Florida, where he
was engaged in hostilities against the Seminole Indians
to 1857.

Lieutenant Best was again ordered on frontier duty,
and engaged in quelling Kansas disturbances during the
years 1857-58. He participated in the Utah expedition
in 1858, and was on duty escorting recruits from New
York to Kansas in [859. He then served at Fort Ran-
dall, Dakota, to 1, So 1.

In April, [861, at the breaking out of the war of the
Rebellion, he was promoted captain of his regiment, anil
ordered to the field in command of a battery in Major-
General Banks's operations in Maryland and the Shenan-
doah Valley, Virginia, to August, 1862, then participated
in the Northern Virginia campaign as chief of artillery
of the Fifth Army Corps, being engaged in the battle of
Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 ; in the Maryland cam-
paign, Army of the Potomac, and engaged in the battle
of Antietam, Maryland, September 17, 1S62.

He was on the march to Falmouth, Virginia, during
the fall of the same year, and subsequently participated
in the Rappahannock campaign, being engaged in the
battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 3, 1X63, for
which he was brevetted a major for gallant and merito-
rious services in said battle.

Captain Best was detailed as assistant inspector-general,
Twelfth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, May 16,
1 86 ;, which position he held to April 4, 1 S64, and during
that time was engaged in the battle of Gettysburg, July
1-3, 1 863, for which he received the brevet of lieutenant-
colonel for gallant and meritorious services. He was
then placed in command of the First Division of Artil-
lery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, from April
to October, 1864, when he was detailed as instructor of
artillery at Camp Barry, Washington, D. C, to February,
1S65.

At the close of the war, Captain Best was brevetted a
colonel for good conduct and gallant services during the
Rebellion. He was placed on recruiting service at Phil-
adelphia in February, [865, where he remained to Sep-
tember, [866, when he was ordered to garrison duty in
the defences of Washington, remaining there to March,
1867.

Colonel Best was promoted major of the First Artil-
lery February 5, 1867; lieutenant-colonel of the same
regiment March 15, [881, but subsequently transferred
to the Fourth Artillery (October 2~ , 1 88 1 ) ; and colonel
of the Fourth Artillery October 2, [883, from which he-
was retired from active service, by operation of law,
April 25, iSSS.

During the time that Colonel Best was a field-officer,
he served at many of the artillery posts in different parts
of the country, being commanding officer of most of
them.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR

COLONEL AND BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL
JUDSON D. BINGHAM.

Colonel and Brevet Brigadiek-Gexekal Judson D.
Bingham (Quartermaster's Department) was born in
New York May 16, i S 3 1 , and graduated from the Mili-
tary Academy Jul}- 1, 1854. He was promoted second
lieutenant of the Second Artillery same day, and served
as assistant instructor of artillery tactics at the Military
Academy from that time until the following August, and
was then stationed at Fort Wood, New York harbor, and
Barrancas, Florida, until March, 185(1, when he was pro-
moted first lieutenant and was placed on U. S. Coast Sur-
vey service to June, 1857. 1 le was at the Artillery School
of Practice at Fort Monroe from that time to i860, in
the mean time participating in an expedition to Harper's
Ferry, Virginia, to suppress the John Brown raid of
1859.

Lieutenant Bingham was also engaged in an expedi-
tion from Fort Ridgely, Minnesota, to the Yellow Medi-
cine, Minnesota, in the summer of i860, and remained
at that station until the opening of the Civil War in
April, iS6i,when he was transferred to Fort McHenry,
Maryland. He was appointed a captain in the Quarter-
master's Department May 13, 1861, and served in Gen-
eral Banks's command, in charge ol trains and supplies,
in the field in Maryland until February, 1862, when he
was placed in charge of the quartermaster's depot at
Nashville, Tennessee, and while there was appointed
lieutenant-colonel of volunteers January 1, 1863.

He served as chief quartermaster of the Seventeenth
Army Corps (lieutenant-colonel ex officio) to April 23,
1863, when General Grant appointed him chief quarter-
master of the Department and Army of the Tennessee.
He continued on duty, in the field, as chief quartermaster
of that army up to the end of the siege of Atlanta, Geor-
gia, August 25, 1864; was present as chief quartermaster
of the Seventeenth Army Corps at Lake Providence and
Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, at the siege of Vicksburg,
Mississippi, at the surrender of the city, and during its
occupation, to October, 1863; at Memphis, Tennessee,
and at Bridgeport and Scottsborough, Alabama, until last
of December, 1863 ; he joined General Sherman at Cairo,
Illinois, January I, 1864, and under his direction arranged
for transporting troops from Memphis to Vicksburg for
the expedition to Meridian, Mississippi; then as chief
quartermaster of the Army of the Tennessee accompanied
General Sherman on the march with the Sixteenth and
Seventeenth Army Corps from Vicksburg to Meridian
and return, February and March, 1864; was present as
chief quartermaster at head-quarters, Army of the Ten-
nessee, Huntsville, Alabama, and in the invasion of Geor-
gia, including siege of Atlanta, 1864.

Colonel Bingham was appointed colonel of volunteers

August 2, 1864, and was appointed inspector of the Quar-
termaster's 1 )epartment (colonel ex officio), serving as such
to December 31, 18S6, being on duty in the quartermas-
ter-general's office, Washington, D. C, at various times
from September, 1864, to December, 1865 ; on duty with
General Sherman at St. Louis, Missouri, as inspector of
the Quartermaster's Department, to January, 1867; chief
quartermaster, Department of the Lakes, at Detroit,
Michigan, to March 31, 1870; in the spring of 1869 he-
made inspections at Forts Richardson, Griffin, Concho,
Stockton, Davis, McKavett, and San Antonio, Texas.

He was promoted major in the Quartermaster's De-
partment, LI. S. Army, July 29, 1866, and lieutenant-
colonel and deputy quartermaster-general March 3, 1875,
serving as assistant in the office of the quartermaster-
general at Washington, D. C, from April 4, 1870, to
October, 1879, and in charge of the Bureau from October
25, 1873, to January 19, 1874, and from January 28 to
February 20, 1875 ; he served as commissioner to audit
Kansas war accounts, under act of Congress, from March
8 to April 5, 1871 ; as chief quartermaster of the Depart-
ment of the Missouri, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from
October, 1879, to November, 1883; as chief quartermas-
ter, Division of the Pacific and Department of California,
from November, 1883, to about May 30, 1886; as chief
quartermaster, Division of the Missouri, Chicago, Illinois,
from June 4, 1886, to present time, having been, on the
2d of July, 1883, promoted colonel and assistant quarter-
master-general.

When the war terminated, Colonel Bingham had the
following brevets conferred upon him : major, lieutenant-
colonel, and colonel March 13, 1865, "for faithful and
meritorious services during the war ;" brigadier-general
April 9, 1865, "for faithful and meritorious services in
the field during the war."

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

COMMANDHR JOSHUA BISHOP, U.S.N.

Commander Joshua Bishop was horn in Missouri in
1839, and appointed acting midshipman from that State
1 Ie graduated at the Naval Academy in 1858, and after the
usual sea-service — in the "Saratoga," "Wabash," "Pow-
hatan," and "Pawnee" — was made lieutenant in 1861.

The troublous time at the inception of the Civil War
found him at his home in Missouri. He used all his
influence to prevent an appeal to arms, and declared
himseli for the Union without hesitation. Being sum-
moned to duty at Philadelphia, he had great difficulty in
leaving the State, from the determined opposition shown
by his rebel neighbors, who had stopped the running of
the trains, and who pursued the stage in which he trav-
elled. When he reached Philadelphia he was at fust
under Du Pont, but was soon sent West again, under
Commander John Rodgers, to assist in fitting out gun-
boats. He reported to General McClellan at Cincinnati,
and was thenceforth employed in various ways — fitting
gunboats, commanding the receiving-vessel, and purchas-
ing supplies — until August, 1861, when he went to St.

Louis, recruited a number of men, and in September took
them to Cairo, Illinois, tor the gunboats. Naval officers
reported to general officers, and until Jul}', 1 862, were part
of army. Colonel Grant went down with him, in the same
boat, to take command at Cairo. After that time events
of importance occurred in rapid succession. Lieutenant
Bishop became executive officer under Walke, in Foote's
squadron, in which capacity he was present at several gun-
boat engagements, and at the battle of Belmont, which
was Grant's first battle of the Civil War. His next duty
was as aid to Foote at St. Louis. Then he was sent with
Fads, the engineer and contractor for the "Benton,"
to get her down to Cairo at a very low stage of water.
In the " Benton," Lieutenant Bishop was in the actions
at Columbus, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow, and Memphis.
On the way down he captured a rebel steamer in sight
of the retreating fleet and out of sight of the Union fleet.

At Memphis he boarded the " General Bragg," saved
her from being blown up by a train which had been laid
to her magazine, and caulked the shot-holes in her, so
that she was preserved as a prize. As a reward for his
gallantry he was assigned to the command of the vessel.
He commanded the " General Bragg" when the rebel
ram " Arkansas" ran down through the fleet, and in the
subsequent operations until the fall of Vicksburg. His
health having become bad, he then applied for relief. The
thanks of Congress were given to the officers and men of
the squadrons of Rear-Admirals Foote and Davis f< »r their
long series of actions, beginning with Forts Henry and
Donelson, in almost all of which Commander Bishop
took part.

Commander Bishop was upon the blockade for a short
time, and was also stationed at the Naval Academy.
He has made extensive cruises in foreign waters, serving
in the " Wyoming," " Saranac," " Pensacola," " Benicia,"
"Plymouth," and "Galena." Lis last cruise was in
command of the " Iroquois" among the South-Sea
Islands.

He is at present assistant to the Superintendent of the
U. S. Naval Observatory.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

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COLONEL Z. R. BLISS.

Colonel Z. R. Bliss was appointed a cadet at West
Point in 1850. Graduated in 1854. Was appointed
brevet second lieutenant Sixteenth Infantry, and ordered
to Fort Duncan, Texas. Served at various forts in Texas
until 1 86 1, part of the time in command of a company.
On April 5, 1 86 1, he left Fort Quitman with his com-
pany and joined the command of Colonel Reeve, and
marched with that command six hundred and fifty miles
to San Antonio, Texas. On May 9, 1861, when they
were about fifteen miles from San Antonio, they were
met by a large force of over two thousand men, under
rebel General Earl Van Dorn, consisting of a regiment
of infantry, one of cavalry, a battery of six pieces of
artillery, and an independent company of about one hun-
dred men. When met by the rebels, Colonel Reeve's
command had only about a dozen rounds of ammunition
per man and one day's rations; an unconditional surren-
der was demanded, and, after some parley, Colonel Reeve
surrendered his command ; but as Lieutenant Bliss was
only a junior first lieutenant, and was not consulted in
the matter, he was not responsible for the surrender.
1 le remained a prisoner of war for nearly a year, most
of the time confined in the negro jail at Richmond. In
May, 1862, he was appointed colonel of the Tenth Rhode
Island Volunteers and served with it till August, when
he was appointed colonel of the Seventh Rhode Island
Volunteers, and remained with it until honorably mus-
tered out after the close of the war. Commanded the
regiment during the Fredericksburg campaign, and after
the first battle of Fredericksburg was recommended for
promotion to rank of brigadier-general, but, in conse-
quence of his having been present at the surrender in
Texas, this recommendation was not carried out. In
fact, no officer who was present with Colonel Reeve at
the surrender was promoted during the war, although
several of them were strongly recommended for advance-
ment. In 1863 Colonel Bliss was transferred with his
regiment to Kentucky, and thence to Vicksburg and
Jackson in the campaign after Johnson, and at the con-
clusion was recommended, this time by General Grant,
for promotion. Commanded the District of Middle Ten-
nessee during the winter of 1863-64. It was an impor-
tant command, including a large fort and several regi-
ments, and protecting about two million rations for
Sherman's army. In 1864 Colonel Bliss was again
recommended for promotion to rank of brigadier-general.
Colonel Bliss remained in command of District of Mid-
dle Tennessee until the regiment he commanded was
transferred to the East, and he was assigned to the com-
mand of First Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army
Corps, and commanded it in the Wilderness, where he
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was brevetted for gallant and meritorious services. He
was in command of the brigade to Spottsylvania, where
he was injured by his horse jumping on him in crossing
a stream at night. He commanded the brigade in the
mine which was constructed by a regiment of his brigade,
and at the explosion of the mine and ensuing battle, and
received a very complimentary letter from his division
commander, General R. B. Potter. He remained in
command of the brigade until the early fall, when he was
obliged to take a sick-leave. After being absent some
weeks he was placed on light duty on a board of officers, as
president, and remained on that duty till the close of the
war in the following spring, when he was mustered out
of the volunteer service. Transferred with his company
to South Carolina in 1866, and given command of the
district of Chester. He was acting assistant commis-
sioner of the Bureau of Freedmen, and had charge of
all the civil and military business of that district. In
August was ordered on recruiting service, receiving the
detail for having served longer in the field during the
rebellion than any other officer in the regiment. In
August, 1867, promoted major of Thirty-ninth Infantry.
Commanded part of Jackson Barracks, Forts Jackson
and St. Philip, till 1870, when he was transferred with his
regiment to Texas, commanding various forts there, and
for more than a year the regiment. In 187S he was or-
dered to command the principal depot for general recruit-
ing service. In 1880 was promoted lieutenant-colonel
of Nineteenth Infantry. In 1S86 was made colonel of
Twenty-fourth Infantry, of which he still remains in com-
mand. This officer has served longer on the South-
western frontier than any other officer ever in the ser-
vice.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD XAVY {regular*

MEDICAL DIRECTOR DEL A VAN BLOODGOOD,

U.S.N.

Medical Director Delavan Blood d, U.S.N.,

was born in Erie County, New York, in 1831. Commis-
sioned as assistant surgeon March, 1857. Passed assist-
ant surgeon December, 1861. Surgeon January 24,
1S62. Medical inspector February 3, 1875. Medical
director August, 1884.

llis first service was on board the "Merrimac," on the
Pacific station, from 1857 to i860. Then attached to the
" Mohawk'," on special service in the West Indies, to inter-
cept slaving vessels. The " Mohawk" made several cap-
tures, and then (without the sanctii in of the administration)
aided in preserving the forts at Key West and Tortugas
when the stormy days of the inception of the great rebel-
lion were at hand. When the first secessions occurred,
the " Mohawk" convoyed from Texas the troops involved
in the Twiggs surrender, and then went upon the first
blockade established during the war, off Pensacola. In
November, 1S61, Dr. Bloodgood was detached from the
" Mohawk," and, on the way north, by transport steamer,
arrived off Port Royal at the time of the battle there,
and was ordered to the transport " Atlantic," in charge of
a detachment of the sick and wounded for conveyance
to the hospital at New York. He was next assigned for
duty on board the steam-sloop "Dakota," and served
on board that vessel till near the close of the war. In

her he participated in the various operations about
Hampton Roads, from the first appearance of the rebel
ram " Merrimac" until her destruction, and then co-op-
erated with the army during the first Peninsula cam-
paign. For a short time the ship was in the Gulf of
Mexico and the Mississippi, under Farragut, and next
cruised through the West Indies and off the coast of Nova
Scotia, in search of privateers ; but she was mostly in
service on the blockade off the Carolinas, and in nu-
merous engagements with coast batteries. During this
service, of nearly three years, there occurred on board
an epidemic of yellow fever, and another of small-pox,
each of which necessitated a visit to a Northern port, and
the disinfection of the ship. In returning from service in
this vessel, in 1864, Dr. Bloodgood happened to be one
of those captured and plundered by rebel raiders in the
railroad train taken near Gunpowder River. After ser-
vice on board the " .Michigan," and the receiving-ship
"Vermont," he joined the sloop-of-war "Jamestown," in
February, 1867, at Panama, when an extremely virulent
type of yellow fever was raging on board. In conse-
quence, the ship was sent to Sitka for disinfection, and
remained there until the following spring, when she was
put out of commission at the Mare Island Yard. He
then joined the " Lackawanna," on the Mexican coast,
and after that cruise had shore duty at New York.
In May, 1872, was ordered to the "Plymouth," of the
European Squadron, and thence, via India, to the China
station, where he served on board the flag-ships " Colo-
rado," "Lackawanna," and " Hartford," as fleet-surgeon
for two years. Then he was transferred to Pacific station
as fleet-surgeon, but soon detached and ordered home to
duty at New York. Was fleet- surgeon of the European
station, in flag-ship "Trenton," 1877-79. On ms return
was in charge of the Naval Hospital at New York, and
then of the Naval Laboratory, and next had charge of
the Naval Hospital at Norfolk, Virginia. In 18S7 he
was ordered to the Naval Laboratory at New York', in
which position he still continues. Dr. Bloodgood is an
alumnus of Madison University, Hamilton, New York,
and of Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia; mem-
ber of the Phi Beta Kappa; the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States ; the Holland Society ;
the St. Nicholas Society, of Nassau Island; the Univer-
sity Club, of New York ; the St. Nicholas Club, of New
York, and Hamilton Club, of Brooklyn.

117/0 SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

REAR-ADMIRAL CHARLES S. BOGGS.

Rear-Admiral Charles S. Bonus was born in New
Jersey January 28, 181 1 ; appointed midshipman from the
same State November 1, 1826; attached to sloop-of-war
" Warren," Mediterranean Squadron, 1829-32. Pro-
moted to passed midshipman April 28, 1832; receiving-
ship at New York, 1832-35 ; rendezvous, New York, 1836.
Commissioned as lieutenant September 6, 1837; sloop
" Saratoga," coast of Africa, 1840-43. Was an active par-
ticipant in the burning of five villages on the coast ; Home
Squadron, 1846-47; present at the siege of Vera Cruz;
commanded the boat expedition from the " Princeton" that
destroyed the LT. S. brig " Truxton," after her surrender to
the Mexicans; receiving-ship at New York, 1848-51 ; navy-
yard, New York, 1852-54; inspector, etc., New York, 1855.
Commissioned as commander September 14, 1855 ; com-
manding mail-steamer "Illinois," 1856-58; light-house
inspector, 1860-61 ; commanded sloop-of-war " Varuna,"
at the passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 24,
1862. The " Varuna" was the only one of Farragut's
squadron lost at the battle of New Orleans. She was
attacked by two of the rebel rams and badly damaged,
and her commander, finding his vessel sinking, ran her
into the bank and made fast to the trees. Captain Boggs
fought his vessel gallantly to the last. Commissioned as
captain Jul\- 16, 1S62; commanding steam-sloop " Juni-
ata," 1863 ; special duty, New York, 1864-66. Commis-
sioned as commodore July 25, 1866; commanding steamer
" De Soto," North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-68; special
duty, 1869-72. Promoted to rear-admiral July, 1870.
He died in 1877.

Always an excellent and most reliable officer, his
conduct in command of the " Varuna" elicited the praise
even of his adversaries. Being in the First Division at
the passage of the Mississippi forts, and having a fast
ship, he outstripped his consorts, and chased the enemy
alone until he was surrounded by them. At first, in the
darkness, the Confederates did not attack him, thinking
him one of their own squadron. But Boggs soon ap-
prised them of his identity by a rapid fire from both sides.

Three of the enemy were driven ashore in flames, and
one large steamer, with troops on board, drifted ashore
with an exploded boiler, the result of this encounter. At
daylight the " Varuna" was attacked by two vessels at
the same time, the " Governor Moore" and the " Stone-
wall Jackson." The " Moore" was a ram, commanded
by an ex-ofheer of the navy, and they treated the " Va-
runa" very badly, penetrating her below water, and killing
and wounding a number of her crew. But the " Varuna's"
people stuck to their guns, and finally drove off the two,
completely disabled for further conflict, besides being on
fire. The details of this encounter (most exciting) can-
not be given. Admiral Porter says, in his account of the
fight, " This ended the irregular fighting with the Con-
federate vessels ; ten of them had been sunk or destroyed,
while the ' Varuna,' with her two adversaries, lay at the
bottom of the river, near the bank, evidence of the
gallantry of Boggs."

Admiral Boggs had the respect of all who knew him,
whether in the service or out of it. He was perfectly
modest and unostentatious in deportment, while dignified
and officer-like at all times.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

CAPTAIN EDWARD C. BOWERS, U.S.N.

Captain Edward C. Bowers was born in Connec-
ticut. Before entering the navy he served in the mer-
chant service and in the Permian and Greek navies.
The nautical experience thus gained proved of great
value to him in his subsequent career as an officer of
the U. S. Navy. Appointed from Connecticut to the
grade of midshipman February 2, 1829 His first cruise
was on the sloop-of-war " St. Louis," attached to the Pa-
cific Squadron, 1829-31 ; served on schooner " Dolphin."
Pacific Squadron, as acting lieutenant, 1832. He was
then ordered to Navy- Yard, Boston, where he served
during the years 1833-34. Promoted to passed mid-

shipman July 3, 1835 ; was attached to frigate " Constel-
lation," West Indies Squadron, 1836-38. His next cruise
was on the flag-ship " Ohio," Mediterranean Squad-
ron, in 1839; attached to receiving-ship " Boston," 1840.
Commissioned as lieutenant April 26, 1S41 ; receiving-
ship, Boston, 1842-45. He was then ordered to the
steamer " Princeton," and cruised on her in the Gulf of
Mexico, 1846; transferred to ordnance transport " Elec-
tra," 1847; and from her again transferred, this time to
sloop-of war " Decatur," on which vessel he made a full
cruise on the coast of Africa during the years 1847-50;
at the expiration of his cruise on the " Decatur," he was
at once ordered to the sloop " Plymouth," and went in
her to the East Indies, where he served during the years
[851-52; receiving-ship, New York, 1852-54; retired,
[855. It will be seen from the foregoing statement of
services that Captain Bowers, from the date of his origi-
nal entry into the service, February 2, 1829, up to the
time of his retirement in 1 85 5, was almost constantly
employed at sea, and in fact few officers of his date had
so good a record of active and continuous service afloat.
Rendezvous, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1861-63.
Commissioned as commander July 21, 1861 ; command-
ing receiving-ship " Vandalia," Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, 1864-65. Commissioned as captain 1867.

Captain Bovvers was retired (in conformity with the
Act of February 28, 1S55, and its amendments, January
16, 1857, March 10, 1858, and May II, 1858) on the
13th September, 1855, as stated above, but was on duty
at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during the Civil War.

Captain Bowers served in the Mexican and Seminole
wars, ami also under Commodores Hull, Bainbridge,
Stewart, Perry, and Chauncey.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COLONEL ALBERT GALLATIN BRACKETT (retired).

Colonel Albert Gallatin Brackett was born in
Otsego Count)-, New York, on the 14th day of February,
1829. In 1846 he removed to Indiana, and in June,
1 847, became second lieutenant in the Fourth Indiana
Volunteers in the Mexican War, and was promoted first
lieutenant during the same month. His regiment was
attached to General Joseph Lane's brigade, and partici-
pated in the skirmishes at Paso de Ovejas and La Hoya,
the battle of Huamantla, the siege of Puebla, and the
bombardment of Atlixco in September and October,
1847. He served until the close of the war and was hon-
orably discharged on the 16th of July, 1848.

On the 3d of March, 1855, he was appointed captain
from Indiana, in the Second Regiment of Cavalry, and
after raising a company in Indiana and Illinois, was sent
to Texas to fight the Indians, who were then very trou-
blesome. He met and defeated the Lipans on Guada-
lupe River in March, 1856, recapturing much valuable
property ; the Comanches at Arroyo de las Encinas
February 1, 1857, and near Presidio de San Vincente,
Chihuahua, May 2, 1 859, for which he received the thanks
of General Scott, commanding the army. He was en-
gaged in suppressing the Cortinas troubles near Browns-
ville, and along the Rio Grande frontier in i860.

When the Civil War broke out he went with his com-
pany to Key West, Florida, and thence to Havana, Cuba,
and from there to New York and Carlisle Barracks,
where lie refitted and was sent to Washington, taking
part in the battles of Blackburn's Ford and Bull Run in
July, 1861. He became colonel of the Ninth Regiment
of Illinois Cavalry in October, 1861, and participated in
the actions at the Waddell Farm, Stewart's Plantation,
and Cache Bayou, Arkansas, in June, 1862, being severely
wounded at Stewart's Plantation, where he saved a valu-
able train from falling into the hands of the Confederates.
He was promoted major in the First Cavalry on the 17th
of July, 1862, and served as chief of cavalry, Department
of Missouri, in 1862-63.

He was placed in command of the Second Brigade of
the Cavalry Division, Sixteenth Army Corps (Army of the
Tennessee), in West Tennessee in January and February,
1864, and was engaged in defending the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad. As acting inspector-general of
cavalry, he participated in the siege of Atlanta, Georgia,
battle of Ezra Church, Georgia, and back to Nashville !
with General Thomas, taking part in the battle of Nash-
ville, Tennessee, in December, 1864. Received the bre-
vets of major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel, for gallant
and meritorious services during the war.

Commanded several posts in the Departments of Cali-
fornia and Columbia, and the Districts of Nevada and

Summit Lake, assisting materially in quelling the hostile
Pi Ute Indian disturbances in 1866-67 and 1868.

Went from Fort McPherson with four troops of the
regiment to Montana in May, June, and July, 1869. Held
a council with the Crow Indians and distributed goods
to them on the Yellowstone River in December, 1869.
While in command of Fort Steele he quieted disturbances
among coal-miners at Carbon. Sent to Fort Sanders in
Wyoming, and from there in 1877, with six more troops
of the Second Cavalry, to Fort Custer, which post he
helped to construct. He was promoted colonel of the
Third Cavalry.

In the field operating against the Ute Indians, who
had massacred Thornburg's command, a portion of which
belonged to his regiment, from October to December,
1879. In command of Fort Laramie and of Fort Rus-
sell, Wyoming, from July, 1879, to May, 1882, when he
was sent to Arizona with his regiment to operate against
the hostile Apaches. Met the head men of the Apaches
in council at Fort Thomas, Arizona, in May, 1882, when
they made their grievances known. Was in command
of field operations against the Apaches in July and Au-
gust, 1882.

Superintendent Mounted Recruiting Service at Jeffer-
son Barracks, Missouri, from October 1, 1882, to October
1, 1884. In command of his regiment at Whipple Bar-
racks, Arizona, from 1884 to March, 1885, when he
marched the Third Cavalry through Arizona, New Mexico,
and a part of Chihuahua, Mexico, to Fort Davis, Texas,
and in command of that post from May 12 to October
24, 1887, when he took command of Fort Clark, Texas,
and remained there until January 9, 1890, when he
marched to Fort Mcintosh. Was retired February 18,
1 89 1. Colonel Brackett is the author of " Lane's Brigade
in Central Mexico," and " History of U. S. Cavalry."

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

REAR-ADMIRAL D. L. BRAINE.

Rear-Admiral D. L. Bkaine was born in New York.
Appointed midshipman from Texas, May 30, 1846.
Served during the Mexican War in the Home Squadron,
and present at capture of Alvarado, Tabasco, Tuspan,
Laguna, Tampico, and Vera Cruz. In 1848 he was at-
tached to the sloop-of-war "John Adams," of the Home
Squadron. During 1849-50 served in the sloop-of-war
" St. Mary's," of the East India Squadron. In 1850-51
in the steam-sloop "Saranac," of Home Squadron. At
the Naval Academy in 1852.

Promoted to passed midshipman June 8, 1852, and
ordered to the sloop-of-war " St. Louis," of the Mediter-
ranean Squadron, where he remained from 1853 to 1855.
In 1855 he was promoted to the rank of master. Com-
missioned as lieutenant September 15, 1858. During
1856 and 1857 he had been employed upon the Coast
Survey. During the period between 1858 and i860 he
served on the coast of Africa in the sloop-of-war " Vin-
cennes."

When the Civil War occurred he was ordered to com-
mand the " Monticello," of the North Atlantic Blockad-
ing Squadron. Had an engagement with the rebel
batter)' at Sewell's Point, Virginia, May 19, 1861, which

lasted for more than an hour, and was the first naval en-
gagement of the war. Present at the attack anil capture
of Forts Hatteras and Clark, August, 1861, and October
5, 1861. Lieutenant Braine engaged the enemy at Kim-
mekerk Woods, above Cape Hatteras, and, after exchang-
ing shots with their gun-boats, dispersed two regiments of
infantry, sank two barges, and rescued the Twentieth
Indiana Regiment, which was surrounded. In Novem-
ber, 1 86 1, Lieutenant Braine engaged and silenced a two-
gun battery at Inderal Point, North Carolina, and dis-
mounted one of the guns. It must be remembered that
his vessel was a purchased one.

Commissioned as lieutenant-commander Julv 15, 1S62.
During 1862-64 numerous engagements with Forts
Fisher and Caswell. Besides the " Monticello," during
this period, was in command of the " Vicksburg" and
" Pequot." Commanded the " Pequot" during the attacks
upon Fort Fisher, also at Fort Anderson, and at three
other forts on the Cape E'ear River, as the fleet advanced
to Wilmington, North Carolina. Lieutenant-Commander
Braine was on ordnance duty at the navy-yard at New
York in 1866-67. Was commissioned commander July
25, 1 866, and commanded the steamer " Shamokin," of
the Brazil Squadron, during 1868. Was on equipment
duty at the New York Navy- Yard, 1869-72. Com-
manded " Juniata," European station, 1874-75. Commis-
sioned as captain December 11, 1874. Commanded
reeeiving-ship " Colorado," 1875-78. Commanded " Pow-
hatan," North Atlantic station, 1879-81. Member of
Board of Inspection and Survey 1884-85. Promoted
commodore March, 1885, and upon special duty at New
York. Promoted rear-admiral September 4, 1887. Com-

| manded the South Atlantic station 1 886-88. After being
again on special duty, Rear-Admiral Braine commanded
the navy-yard at New York in 1889-91. He was retired
by operation of law in 1891.

While Commander Braine was in the " Juniata," he
went north to look for the " Polaris," and from this ship

j Lieutenant De Long went to Cape York (latitude, 760
north,) in the steam-cutter.

During the same commission, the "Juniata" received
at Santiago de Cuba over one hundred of the " Vir-

| ginius's" prisoners.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COLONEL GEORGE M. BRAYTON.

Colonel George M. Brayton was born in Massa-
chusetts February 24, 1834; appointed from Ohio (civil
life) as a first lieutenant Fifteenth Infantry May 14, 1861 ;
promoted to captain January 3, 1863; transferred to
Thirty-third Infantry September 21, 1866, and again
transferred to Eighth Infantry May 3, 1869; commis-
sioned major Fifteenth Infantry February 6, 1882; lieu-
tenant-colonel Ninth Infantry September 6, 1886, and
colonel Ninth Infantry in 1892.

He was on recruiting duty from Jul}-, 1 86 1, to May,
1862; regimental quartermaster from May, 1862, to Jan-
uary, 1863, from whence he was ordered as mustering
and disbursing officer at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In
October, 1863, he joined his regiment, which was then
in the field at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and with it was en-
gaged in the battle of Missionary Ridge and the action
at Taylor's Bridge, Georgia. For gallant and meritorious
services at Missionary Ridge he was brevetted major
U. S A. He again acted as mustering and disbursing
officer at Louisville, Kentucky, in October, 1864, and
from December, 1864, to May, 1865, he was commanding
Third Battalion, Fifteenth Infantry; provost-marshal
District of Etowah from January to July, 1865; as-
sistant inspector-general Department of Georgia from
August to December, 1865. He was with his regiment
from January to May, 1S66. From May to July, 1866,
he commanded Batteries Gladden and Mcintosh, Mobile
Bay, and from July, 1866, to January, 1867, he com-
manded Fort Morgan, Alabama. On being transferred
to the Thirty-third Infantry lie joined company at Macon,

Georgia, from whence he did service to Atlanta, and post
at Augusta ; in Montgomery, Alabama ; Huntsville, Ala-
bama ; Selma, Alabama ; Fort Macon, North Carolina;
Columbia and Newbury, South Carolina. In October,
1870, he was ordered north to David's Island, New York
harbor, and remained there until he was transferred West
to Fort Rice, Dakota. From August to October, 1872,
Colonel Brayton was on Yellowstone Expedition to
escort surveying party of the Northern Pacific Railroad
from Fort Rice west to Yellowstone River, Montana, and
return. After completion of this he was ordered to Fort
Russell, Utah, and then to join his regiment in Depart-
ment of Arizona.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY {regular)

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AND BREVET BRIGADIER-
GENERAL SAMUEL BRECK.

Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-Gen-
eral Samuel Breck (Adjutant-General's Department)
was born at Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massa-
chusetts, February 25, 1834 (eighth generation from
Edward Breck, who came to Dorchester, Massachusetts,
from Ashton, England, in 1635). He was graduated
from the Military Academy July 1, 1855; promoted to
brevet second lieutenant of artillery and second lieutenant,
First Artillery, same day.

He served in the Florida hostilities against the Semi-
nole Indians in 1855-56, and then was in garrison at
Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, and Fort McHenry,
Maryland, to 1859, when he was transferred to duty in
the Southwest, and marched from Helena, Arkansas, to
Fort Clark, Texas, during the same year. He then
returned to duty at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, where
he remained until i860, when he was detailed at the
Military Academy as assistant professor of geography,
history, and ethics to April 26, 1861, and then became

principal assistant professor of geography, history, and
ethics, which position he occupied to December 3, 1861,
in the mean time having again been promoted first lieu-
tenant, First Artillery, April 11, 186 1, which grade he
held to February 20, 1862. He was appointed captain
and assistant adjutant-general November 29, 1861, and
served in the war of the Rebellion from 186 1 to 1866,
being assistant adjutant-general of General McDowell's
division (Army of the Potomac) in the defences of
Washington, D. C, to March 24, 1862, when he took
the field as assistant adjutant-general of the First Army
Corps and of the Department of the Rappahannock,
being engaged in the "occupation of Fredericksburg,
Virginia," April 18, 1862, and in the "expedition to the
Shenandoah Valley," to intercept the retreat of the rebel
forces under General Jackson, May and June, 1862.

Captain Breck was appointed major and additional aide-
de-camp May 2^, 1862, and major and assistant adjutant-
general July 17, 1862, and ordered to duty in the adjutant-
general's office at Washington, D. C, where he remained
until 1869, in charge of rolls, returns, books, blanks, and
business pertaining to the enlisted men of the regular
and volunteer forces, and of the records of discontinued
commands and the preparation and publication of the
" Volunteer Army Register."

At the close of the war he was made brevet lieutenant-
xolonel September 24, 1864, " for meritorious and faithful
services during the Rebellion;" brevet colonel March 1 3,
1865, "for diligent, faithful, and meritorious services in
the Adjutant- General's Department during the Rebel-
lion;" brevet brigadier-general, U.S.A., March 13, 1S65,
" for diligent, faithful, and meritorious services in the
Adjutant-General's Department during the Rebellion."

Since 1870 General Breck has had extended service
throughout the country, his posts of duty having been
in California, New York, Washington, D. C, Minnesota,
Nebraska, and again at Washington, D. C, where he is
now on duty.

He was appointed lieutenant-colonel and assistant
adjutant-general February 28, 1887.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOSEPH CABELL BRECKIN-
RIDGE. INSPECTOR-GENERAL, U.S.A.

Brigadier-General Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
was born at Baltimore January 14, 1842. The son of the
eminent theologian, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, and
grandson of Senator John Breckinridge, attorney-general
under Jefferson, he is, through his mother, descended from
General Francis Preston and General William Campbell,
"the hero of King's Mountain." Educated at the Uni-
versity of Virginia, he abandoned the study of law to
join General Nelson, and August 26, 1861, became acting
assistant adjutant-general of his force. General George
H. Thomas, succeeding to the command, appointed him
an aide-de-camp. He was present at the repulse and
overthrow of Zollicoffer at Mill Spring, Kentucky, re-
ceiving mention from Thomas, and the campaign through
Nashville to Shiloh. At Corinth he received, as a re-
ward of gallantry at Mill Spring, a commission in Bat-
tery B, Second (regular) Artillery, dated April 14, 1862.
With his battery he was at Forts Pickens and Barrancas,
and Pensacola, and joined the Army of the Tennessee
before Atlanta. When McPherson was killed, July 22.
1864, he was captured and sent to Charleston to be ex-
posed to the fire of Union guns. Exchanged in a special
cartel, he reached home broken in health, and served as
mustering officer till the close of the war. He was bre-
vetted captain July 26, 1864, and major March 13, 1865,
" for gallant and meritorious conduct in front of At-
lanta," and " during the war."

After the war lie went with his regiment from Fort
Mc Henry to California via the Isthmus of Panama. In
1870 he became adjutant of the Artillery School at Fort
Monroe. Promoted to a captaincy June 17, 1874. he
was assigned to the command of Fort Foote, and in 1877
of the artillery troops at Washington Arsenal. Promoted
in 1 88 1 major and assistant inspector-general, and or-
dered to the Pacific coast, where he served successively
on the staffs of Generals McDowell, Schofield, and Pope,
until 1885, when he was transferred to the Military Di-
vision of the Missouri, on the staffs of Generals Scho-
field and Terry. During the summer of 1 8S4 he received
leave for a year, which he spent in foreign travel and in
the stud\r of the armies of Europe. Pie was successively
promoted to be lieutenant-colonel and colonel, and in
1889 inspector-general of the army, with the rank of
brigadier-general.

Since he was senior inspector-general of the army an

unusual number of changes have occurred, requiring great
and exacting labor from him and improving the efficiency
of the army. Thus, G. O. No. 50, A. G. O. 1889, for-
bids unnecessary military performance and inspection on
Sunday; the Army Regulations of 18S9 improve the
post schools ; G. O. No. 15, 1890, improve the instruction
in colleges where officers of the army are detailed ; a
regular officer was named in [891, for the first time, to
inspect and instruct the militia camp of every State in the
Union ; all inspections were applied equally to every
branch of the service; G. O. No. 1 1, A. G. O. 1891, re-
duced the delay in receiving post-inspection reports
about one-half, and gave increased promptness and thor-
oughness to remedial action ; every effort is being made
to get younger and better men, and horses, and rations,
and establish gymnasiums, riding-halls, and soldiers' in-
stitutes ; and all unnecessary restrictions upon the legal
rights of enlisted men have been removed, and the
number of articles kept for sale at army posts has been
doubled; the allowance of baggage has been increased,
and an increased allowance of quarters has been recom-
mended.

In personal appearance General Breckinridge is a
typical Kentuckian, and well sustains the standard of the
Inspector-General's Department for soldierly bearing ; he
is six feet in height, of athletic build and striking pres-
ence, possessing the conversational powers for which his
family are justly famous, and his flow of wit and anecdote
is unfailing.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN KIDDER RANDOLPH BREESE, U.S.N.

Captain Kidder Randolph Bkeese, U.S.N., was born
in Philadelphia. Appointed midshipman November 6,
1846, from Rhode Island; February, 1 847, was ordered
to the "Saratoga," Commander Farragut, and served in
heron the Mexican coast during the war. In the spring
of 1S4S ordered to the frigate " Brandywine ;" served in
the " Brandywine" until the expiration of her cruise,
December, 1850. February, 1S51, joined the frigate
" St. Laurence," then loading at New York' with articles
for the World's Fair, at London, and made that cruise in
her, returning in September, 1X51. Passed midshipman
June, 1852, and was ordered to the " Mississippi," flag-
ship of Commodore M. C. Pern-, commanding japan
Expedition. On the return of the " Mississippi" to the
United States, in June, 1S55, was detached and granted
leave. In July was ordered on Coast Survey duty, and
was engaged on that work until August, 185S. Was then
ordered to the "Preble," on the Paraguay Expedition,
serving in that expedition and afterwards on the Mos-
quito coast, off Greytown, until September, 1859, when
he was invalided home with Isthmus fever. December,
i860, was ordered to the " Portsmouth," on the coast of
Africa. Served on board the " Portsmouth" until August,
i860, when he joined the " San Jacinto." Remained on
board the "San Jacinto" until the expiration of her cruise,

December, 1S61, during which upward of fifteen hundred
slaves were captured on the coast of Africa, and Messrs.
Slidell and Mason were taken from the " Trent." Decem-
ber, 1S61, was ordered to the command of the Third Di-
vision of Porter's Mortar Flotilla, and participated in the
attack on New Orleans and Vicksburg, in 1862. Was
recommended for promotion by Captain Porter for ser-
vices at this time. July, l862,was made lieutenant-com-
mander upon the establishment of that grade. October,
1862, joined Admiral Porter in the Mississippi Squadron,
and took command of his flag-ship, the " Black Hawk."
Served in that capacity during Admiral Porter's com-
mand, and was present or connected with all the most
important operations on the Mississippi River and its
tributaries during that officer's command. At the close
of the Red River Expedition was recommended, with
certain other commanding officers, for promotion to
commander. On Admiral Porter being ordered, in Sep-
tember, 1864, to command the North Atlantic Blockad-
ing Squadron, was selected by him as his fleet-captain,
and served in that capacity until May, 1865, when hos-
tilities ceased. As fleet-captain was in both engagements
at Fort Fisher, and in the subsequent operations in Cape
Fear River. Commanded the sailors and marines in the
naval assault on Fort Fisher, and was recommended by
Admiral Porter for immediate promotion for services on
that occasion. August, 1865, was ordered to the Naval
Academy, and served there until September, 1866, as
assistant to the superintendent, Admiral Porter. June,
1867, to the Washington Navy-Yard, as inspector of
ordnance. July, 1869, was detached from the navy-yard.
June 29, 1870, ordered to the command of the " Ply-
mouth," European Squadron. Detached from "Plymouth"
in October, 1872. December, 1S72, ordered to duty in
the Bureau oft )rdnance, Navy Department, and in June,
1873, to the Naval Academy, as commandant of mid-
shipmen. Commissioned as captain August 9, 1874, and
in November, 1874, was, at his own request, detached
from the Naval Academy. In January, 1875, ordered to
report to the superintendent of the Coast Survey for duty
as hydrographic inspector, and in June, 1875, was de-
tached and ordered to the command of Torpedo station,
Newport, Rhode Island, where he served until 1879.
Commanding " Pensacola," Pacific station, 1879-S0.
Died September 15, 1881.

J 1 7/0 SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

CAPTAIN HENRY F. BREWERTON.

Captain Henry I1'. Brewerton (Fifth Artillery) was
born in New York June 30, 1838, and entered the mili-
tary service from civil life, having been appointed second
lieutenant of the Fifth U. S. Artillery May 14, 186 1. He
was assigned to Light Batter}- K, and was at the Light-
Artillery School of Instruction at Camp Cameron, Penn-
sylvania, and with the Artillery Reserve of the Army of
the Potomac until January, 1862, when he was made
signal officer of the Artillery Brigade, and served in that
capacity to March, 1862, at which time he was promoted
first lieutenant. He was then detailed on recruiting ser-
vice, and on mustering and disbursing duty, and assistant
commissary of musters of the Department of the Sus-
quehanna to July, 1864. Joining Light Battery B, Fifth
Artillery, at Cumberland, Maryland, he served with it to
October, 1866.

Captain Brewerton participated in the Peninsula cam-
paign from Manassas (including siege of Yorktown,
Williamsburg to Chickahominy), and in command of
section of light artillery protecting passage of troops
during battles of Fair ( )aks and Seven Pines, and during
battles of seven days (Gaines' Mill, Mechanicsville, and
Malvern Hill) with Horse Batten- C, Third Artillery,
under General Stoneman. He commanded a section
covering the retreat of the army with General Averell ;
he commanded a section of Horse Battery C, Third
Artillery, at White Oak Swamp and White Oak Swamp
Bridge ; he was witli General Sheridan in the Shenandoah
campaign and commanded Light Battery B, Fifth Artil-
lery, but was captured October 19, 1S64, and prisoner of
war in Libby Prison, Virginia, from October, 1864, to
April, 1S65, exchanged. At the termination of the war
he received the brevet of captain, to date from October
19, 1864, " for gallant and meritorious services in the
battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia," and was promoted
captain September 18, 1868.

He served from 1866 to 1873 at Fort Monroe, Vir-
ginia ; Camp Williams, Richmond, Va. ; Fort Jefferson,
Dry Tortugas, Fla. ; Fort Preble, Maine ; and St. Al-
bans, New York, during the Fenian raid, and was on
special duty at Newport, Rhode Island, under the orders
of the major-general commanding the division, and was
transferred, in 1873, to the light battery of the regiment
at Fort Adams, Rhode Island. His station was changed
in February, 1875, to Charleston, South Carolina, and in
1877 was detailed to proceed to Louisville, Kentucky, to
purchase horses for light-artillery service. This kept

him until July, 187S, when he was ordered to Atlanta,
Georgia. In July, 188 1, Captain Brewerton was detailed
as a member of the Light- Artillery Board at Washington,
D.C., which duty was completed in September of the
same year, when he rejoined his battery at McPherson
Barracks, Atlanta. On December 6, 1 88 1 , he was ordered
to Fort Hamilton, New York, in command of Light Bat-
tery F, from which he was relieved and transferred to
Batten- C, at Fort Monroe, Virginia, as instructor at the
Artillery School, December 19, 1882. He was trans-
ferred at his own request from Battery C to Battery K,
January 10, 1883, at Fort Schuyler, New York, and
assumed command of the last-named battery eight days
later.

Upon the transfer of the Fifth Artillery to the Pacific
coast in 1889, Captain Brewerton was stationed at the
Presidio of San Francisco, in command of Battery K,
and was recorder of a Retiring Board at New York City
in 1 89 1. He was placed on special duty in the Depart-
ment of the East in 1892, where he is now located.

While a lieutenant, he was acting regimental quarter-
master in 1861 ; adjutant of the Artillery Reserve of the
Army of the Potomac to January, 1862; battalion ad-
jutant of the Fifth Artillery, acting assistant adjutant-gen-
eral, and inspector-general at Fort Monroe from 1867 to
1869. He commanded the post at Fort Preble, Maine,
in 1870, and a battalion of the Fifth Artillery at St.
Albans, Vermont, during the Fenian raids, as well as
McPherson Barracks, Georgia, from November 12 to
December 6, 1881.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {Regular.

COMMANDER JOHN J. BRICE.

Commander John J. Brice entered the volunteer navy
in August, 1 86 r , at the commencement of the Civil War.
His fust orders were to the U. S. steamer " Freeborn,"
Potomac flotilla; afterwards commanded the schooner
"Bailey," the captured .steamer "Eureka," the "Prim-
rose," and at the end of the war commanded the U. S.
steamer "Don." He was twice promoted for gallant
conduct, and transferred to the regular navy in 1868. He
took part in the following engagements and expeditions:

Engagement with the Shipping Point batteries on the
Potomac River in 1861 ; expedition upon Yorktown in
1862; attack upon the Acquia Creek batteries; engage-
ment with rebel batteries at Belle Plains; landing expe-
dition at Matthias's Point, Potomac River; cutting-out
expedition, Piankatank River, Virginia, 1S62; Glouces-
ter batteries, Rappahannock River, 1862; Jones's Bluff
batteries, Rappahannock River, 1S64; boat expedition

on the Rappahannock River in 1864; at the capture of
Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1862 ; cutting-out expedition
on Maddox Creek, 1864; landing expedition, Maddox
Creek, and engagements with guerillas in 1864; cutting-
out expedition to Mill Point; engagements with Cockpit
Point batteries in 1861 ; running the Potomac River bat-
teries at night in November, 1 86 1 , and January, 1862;
attack upon Smith Point batteries on the Potomac River
in 1862; attack of rebel rams, James River, 1865 ; cutting-
out expedition, Wicomico River, in 1863; with Grant's
army during the battles of the Wilderness and Spott-
sylvania, protecting the submarine telegraph and the
wounded.

lie joined the U.S. steamer " De Soto" in 1865, and
made a cruise in the West Indies. In 1867 he was
ordered to the U. S. steam-sloop " Quinnebaug," and
served in that vessel in the South Atlantic Squadron until
1S70. He was stationed at the Hydrographic ( )ffice,
in Washington, after his return, but in August of that
year was ordered to the U. S. steamer " Saco," of the
European Squadron, — being afterwards transferred to the
"Franklin." In 1872 he was at the Torpedo School at
Newport. In 1873 lie was attached to the U. S. steamer
" Richmond," of the Pacific fleet, and was transferred to
the U. S. steamer " Saranac," being attached to that
vessel when she was wrecked, at Vancouver, in June,
1875. During 1S76 he was on duty at the Naval Ob-
servatory, in Washington, and, in 1878, was ordered to
the navy-yard at Mare Island. After making a cruise
in the" Lackawanna" in the Pacific, he again returned to
duty at Mare Island, whence he was sent to the Isthmus
of Panama, during the operations of the U. S. forces in
keeping the transit open. In 18S5 he was ordered to the
"Iroquois," of the Pacific Squadron. In 18S8 he took
the course at the Naval War College at Newport ; and
in 1889 was stationed at the navy-yard, Washington. In
1890 he was ordered to duty upon the United States Fish
Commission.

WHO SERVED IN THE C/J IL WAR.

PAYMASTER-GF.NERAI. HORATIO BRIDGE, U.S.N.

(RETIRED.)

Paymaster-General Horatio Bridge, U.S.N, (re-
tired), was born in Augusta, Maine, April S, 1S06. He
was educated at Bowdoin College, and graduated in the
class of 1825. He studied law at the Northampton Law
School, and practised it at Augusta for a few years ; then
left the legal profession ami entered the navy February
19, 1838, as purser.

May 3, 1838, he was ordered to the sloop-of-war
" Cyane," and made a cruise of three years in the Mediter-
ranean. December 7, 1843, he was ordered to the sloop-
of-war "Saratoga," and made a cruise of two years on
the west coast of Africa, on returning from which he
published the "Journal of an African Cruiser."

April 1, 1845, he was ordered to the navy-yard at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

April 9, 1846, he was ordered to the frigate "United
States," the flag-ship of Commodore Read, and made a
three years' cruise on the African and European stations.

July 17, 1849, he was ordered to the navy-yard, Ports-
mouth, New Hampshire.

November 6, 1851, he was ordered to the sloop-of-
war " Portsmouth," of the Pacific Squadron, from which
vessel he was detached December 3, 1853, and ordered
home.

September 21, 1854, he was appointed chief of the
Bureau of Provisions ami Clothing.

April 8, 1 868, he was transferred to the retired list,
with the title of paymaster-general and relative rank of
commodore.

April 8, 1869, he resigned as chief of bureau.

July 6, 1869, he was appointed chief inspector of pro-
visions and clothing.

February 8, 1873, he was detached from duty, under
the provision of law prohibiting the employment of navy
officers on the retired list except in time of war.

Paymaster-General Bridge now resides at " The Moor-
ings," Athens, Pennsylvania.

He is well known as an accomplished writer and most
capable officer, who enjoyed the intimacy and confidence
of the different Presidents and Secretaries under whom
he served so long in his most responsible position.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY regular)

CAPTAIN HENRY K. BRINKERHOFF.

Captain Henry R. Brinkerhoff (Fifteenth Infantry)
was born in Ohio October 9. 1S36. He entered the vol-
unteer service in the early days of the Rebellion, as first
lieutenant of the Thirtieth 1 Ihio Infantry, August 29,
1861, and participated in the Vicksburg campaign of

1863, being engaged in the siege, assaults, and capture of
Vicksburg, Mississippi, June, and July of that year.

He was honorably mustered out of the Thirtieth Ohio
Infantry July 26, 1863, in order to accept the lieutenant-
colonelcy of the Fifty-second U.S. Colored Troops July
27, and with his regiment participated in the Maryland
campaign of the Army of the Potomac, being engaged
in the battles of South Mountain ami Antietam, Mary-
land, September 15, 16, and 17, 1862, and in the actions
of Coleman's Cross-Roads, Mississippi, in 1S64.

He was in the Department of the South, with colored
troops, from this time until 1S66. He resigned June 20,
[865, but was reappointed lieutenant-colonel of the Fifty-
second U. S. Colored Infantry September 16, 1S65, from
which he was honorably mustered out May 5, 1866.

Colonel Brinkerhoff then entered the regular service,
by receiving the appointment of second lieutenant of the
Fifteenth U.S. Infantry. lime 3, 1867, and served with
his regiment in the Department of the South, in Texas,
New Mexico, and Dakota, at various stations. He was
promoted first lieutenant November 7, 1867, and captain
September iS, 187S. Since joining his regiment lie has
participated in its movements, both by rail- and wagon-
road, and is at present stationed at Fort Sheridan,
Illinois.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

CAPTAIN AND BREVET LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
HENRY B. BRISTOL (retired).

Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry
B. Bristol was born in Detroit, Michigan, April 25,
1S38. Me was appointed second lieutenant of the Fifth
Infantry, May 15, 1S57, from civil life. He participated
in the expedition to Utah under Colonel Albert Sydney
Johnson in 1857. He was at Fort Bridger in 1858, and
Camp Floyd, Utah, in 1859. He was promoted first
lieutenant May 13, 1861, and captain June 1, 1861. He
served during the war of the Rebellion, and was employed
in scouting on the Spanish trail to New Mexico, and
then stationed at Fort Marcy, Albuquerque, and Fort
Defiance, when he participated in the Navajo campaign,
and scouting the San Juan country and Chasco Valley.
Then he was at Forts Craig and Union. He was en-
gaged with Confederates at Los Perios. He pursued
the hostile Texans down the Rio Grande to Fort
Sumner.

He was appointed military superintendent of Navajo
Indians at Bosque Redondo Reservation, and was acting
commissary of subsistence and agent until 1866.

Captain Bristol was brevetted March 13, 1S65, as
major, for " faithful and meritorious services in New
Mexico;" and lieutenant-colonel for " faithful and meri-
torious services in New Mexico, and particularly for his
untiring zeal and energy in controlling the Navajo tribe
of Indians at the Bosque Redondo Reservation, and for
his praiseworthy efforts in advancing their condition from
that of savages to that of civilized men."

In 1S66 Captain Bristol was detailed on recruiting ser-
vice in New York harbor, anil Detroit, Michigan, in
1867. He was then stationed at Bedloe's Island, and
was employed in conducting recruits to San Francisco,
and returned to Chicago on recruiting duty in 1868.
1 [e was at Fort Reynolds, California, in 1869 ; Forts Har-
ker, Larned, and Dodge to 1871, and then was employed
along the line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
way, west to the Colorado line, engaged in the Comanche
campaign. He was also engaged in the Sioux campaign,
and at Fort Keogh, Montana, from 1877 to date of re-
tirement, March 20, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (.regular)

BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOHN R. BROOKE.

Brigadier-General John R. Brooke was burn in
Pennsylvania July 21, 183S. He entered the military
service at the commencement of the war of the Rebellion
as captain in the Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan-
try April 20, 1861, and was appointed colonel of the
Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers November 7, 1X61,
serving in the field with the Army of the Potomac, 1861-
65 ; he was in command of his regiment in the campaign
commencing March 10, 1862, from the defences of Wash-
ington to the Rappahannock' River, Virginia; returning
to Alexandria, Virginia, thence by transport ships to
Ship Point, York River Bay; was in the campaign cul-
minating in the Seven Days' Battles before Richmond,
Virginia; he was in the second Bull Rim and Antietam
campaigns, August and September, 1862 ; in advance of
reconnoissance from Harper's Ferry to Charlestown,
Virginia, October, 1862 ; in Fredericksburg campaign to
December, 1S62; in Chancellorsville campaign, May,
1863; in Gettysburg campaign to Jul)-, 1 S63 ; in cam-
paign (October, 1863) resulting in the effort of Lee to
turn the right of the Army of the Potomac, during which
occurred the combats at Auburn Mills and Bristoe Sta-
tion ; following this, late in November, was the Mine-
Run campaign, with several combats and skirmishes; in
camp at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from December 29,

1863, to March 26, 1864; in the Wilderness campaign
of 1864 to Cold Harbor, Virginia, when he was severely
wounded and granted leave of absence to September 16,

1864. Colonel Brooke then received the commission of
brigadier-general of volunteers "for distinguished ser-
vices during the recent battles of the Old Wilderness
and Spottsylvania Court-House, Virginia." During the
war he participated in the siege of Yorktown, battles of
Fair Oaks (wounded), second Bull Run, Antietam, Fred-

ericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (wounded) ;
skirmishes at Bank's Ford of the Rappahannock and
Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia, as well as a skirmish at
Falling Water, where part of Lee's army crossed the
Potomac, after Gettysburg; combats at Auburn Mills
and Bristoe Station ; several combats and skirmishes in
the Mine Run campaign, November, 1863 ; battle in the
Old Wilderness ; combats on the Po River; successful as-
sault of" Salient" at Spottsylvania Court-House, and again
May 16, 1S64, capturing on May 12 a large number of
prisoners and man}- pieces of artillery ; combats at North
Anna and Tolopotomy ; assault of enemy's works at Cold
Harbor, at daylight on June 3, 1864, during which Colo-
nel Brooke's command penetrated the works and he was
severely wounded. Colonel Brooke exercised the com-
mand of a brigade on numerous occasions during the
war while a colonel, and commanded a special detach-
ment of five regiments of infantry, three regiments of
cavalry, and two batteries of artillery, the advance of a
reconnoissance commanded by General Hancock-, from
Harper's Ferry, Virginia, to Charlestown, Virginia, Octo-
ber, 1S62; camp of veteran volunteers at Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, December 29, 1863, to March 26, 1864; on
recovering from the wounds received at Cold Harbor,
Colonel Brooke was detailed on special duty to March
1 i, 1865, at which time he joined his command in the
Army of the Shenandoah, where he remained until Au-
gust 10, 1865, when he was placed on court-martial duty
to February 1, 1S66, when he resigned from the service.
On the 28th of July, 1866, General Brooke was ap-
pointed lieutenant-colonel of the Thirty-seventh L\ S.
Infantry, and was made brevet colonel, U. S. A., March
2, iSf>7, " for gallant and meritorious services in the battle
of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania;" brevet brigadier-general
U. S. A., March 2, 1S67, " for gallant and meritorious ser-
vices in the battle of Spottsylvania Court-House, Vir-
ginia;" brevet major-general of volunteers August 1, 18114,
"for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Tolo-
potomy and Cold Harbor, Virginia." Proceeding to the
plains, he served at various stations in the West until
transferred to the Third U. S. Infantry March 15, 1869,
whereupon he joined his regiment at Holly Springs, Mis-
sissippi, serving in the neighborhood of New Orleans
until ordered with his regiment to Pennsylvania during
the labor riots of 1877, upon the completion of which
duty his regiment was transferred to Montana. lie was
promoted colonel of the Thirteenth Infantry March 20,
1879, but transferred to the Third Infantry the following
June; then appointed brigadier-general U. S. A. April
6, 1 888, and assigned to the command of the Department
of the Platte, which command he now holds. General
Brooke took active part and was present in the Sioux
campaign of 1890-91, at Pine Ridge Agency, South
Dakota.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COLONEL AND BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL
HORACE BROOKS (retired).

Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General Horace
Brooks was born in Massachusetts, and was appointed
to the Military Academy through the application of
General Lafayette, from which he graduated July I, 1835,
and was assigned to the Second LTnited States Artillery,
passing through all the various grades of that arm of the
service to that of colonel of the Fourth Artillery, Au-
gust 1, 1863.

His first war experience was with the Indians in
Florida, being engaged in the combat of " Withlacoochie"
and action of " Oloklikaha," March 31, 1836, for which
lie was brevetted first lieutenant. He was then ordered
tn duty as assistant professor of mathematics at the Mili-
tary Academy, where he remained until 1S39. He was
then on frontier, recruiting, and garrison duty until the
breaking out of the Mexican War, when he was sent to
Tampico (old Mexico) with the first troops that occupied
it, and was ordered to the neck, or only road by land to
the city, which he was ordered to hold at all hazards.

During the Mexican War he was engaged in the siege
of Vera Cruz, battles of Cerro Gordo, Amazoque, San
Antonio, Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, Cha-
pultepec, and capture of the City* of Mexico. He was
brevetted a major " for gallant and meritorious conduct in
the battles of Contreras and Churubusco," and lieutenant-
colonel " for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle
of Molino del Rey."

During the Canada War received a letter from the
judge of the court (that tried McCloud) for handling his
company with much discretion on the critical occasion,
and he escorted McCloud to Montreal, with General
Anderson, and turned him over to the civil authorities.
Received the compliments of General Mansfield, in-
spector-general, for having one of the best-drilled com-
panies in New Mexico in 1S51; received the formal
thanks of the citizens of Santa Fe, New Mexico, for
cutting through the palace and placing a mountain
howitzer in position to flank the plaza, there being fears
of an insurrection of the Spanish population, which
caused the Americans to stand guard night and day. On
garrison and frontier duty, including the Utah expedi-
tion, Indian skirmishing, and the border troubles in
Kansas, to 1861, Inning been engaged in a skirmish with
Utah Indians April 28, 1855; also in a skirmish near
the head-waters of the Arkansas River, while stationed
at Fort Massachusetts, New Mexico.

At beginning of Civil War was in command of the
Light-Battery School of Practice ; transferred his com-
mand by way of Chicago to Baltimore, through a recep-
tion of artillery salutes as he passed through the States.
February 22, 1861, passed his companies in review before
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President Buchanan, the event causing some excitement ;
had a light battery stationed at the Treasury Department
prepared for action on the inauguration of President
Lincoln ; soon after was placed in command of a steamer,
sailing under sealed orders, which proved to be Fort
Pickens, Pensacola, and took part in the council of war
which was held to determine whether the fort should be
held or abandoned ; was in command at Tortugas at the
time of the Mason and Slidell capture, and suppressed a
strike by the New York Wilson Zouaves, which might
result in consequence of the labor in mounting heavy
guns ; ordered by Secretary of War to the command of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; superintendent of volunteer
recruiting at Columbus, Ohio, at the time of the Morgan
Raid; also chief mustering and disbursing officer ; was
for some time commissioner for the States of Maryland
and Delaware on account of the Freedman's Bureau ;
was detached on the board to select officers from the
volunteer service to appointments in the regular army.
Relieved General Canby in the command of the Depart-
ment of Washington ; was in command of Fort Wash-
ington and the Fourth Regiment of Artillery at the time
of the attack on Washington City by General Early.

At the close of the Civil War Colonel Brooks was hon-
ored with the brevet of brigadier-general in the United
States Army for meritorious services during the war.

Title of A.B. conferred by the faculty of Geneva (New
York) College in 1 838 ; made an honorary member of the
Literary and Historical Society of Sioux City, Iowa ; and
life-member of a rifle club at San Francisco, California.

General Brooks was retired from active service in 1 <S 7 7 .
His mother was Maria Gowen Brooks, the authoress of
" Zophiel and other Poems ;" and Doctor Southey, after
quoting from " Zophiel," adds that " Maria del Occi-
dente was the most imaginative and impassioned of
all poetesses."

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

SURGEON-GENERAL JOHN MILLS BROWNE.

Surgeon-General John Mills Browne was born in
Hinsdale, New Hampshire, May 10, 1831 ; graduated at
the medical department of Harvard University in March,
1852, and appointed assistant surgeon from New Hamp-
shire March 26, 1853.

His first duty was on board the store-ship " Warren,"
Lieutenant-Commanding Fabius Stanley, at Saucelito,
opposite San Francisco. The naval station at Mare
Island was just then in contemplation, and Commander
Farragut had been sent out, to get the plans under way,
as the first commandant. He was obliged to live on
board the " Warren" until some sort of quarters could be
provided <>n shore. Dr. Browne was medical officer of
this naval establishment until May, 1855, a characteristic
and critical period in the settlement of California. Dr.
Browne was next ordered to the steamer" Active,"
which was engaged in the survey of the coasts and
harbors of California, Oregon, anil Washington Terri-
tories, and in the winter of 1855—56 (with the " Massa-
chusetts" and " Decatur") in the Indian war in Puget
Sound. In the summer of 1857 the " Active" was en-
gaged, with H.M.S. "Satellite," in settling the northwest
boundary.

After this long tour of duty on the Western coast, Dr.
Browne came East, was promoted to passed assistant
surgeon, and ordered to the "Dolphin," of the Home
Squadron, in June, 1858. She was commanded by John
N. Maffit, so well known afterwards as the commander
of the Confederate " Florida." In August, 1858, the
" Dolphin" captured the brig " Echo" off Cape Verde,
Cuba, with over three hundred African slaves on board.
The prize was sent to Charleston, South Carolina, and
the negroes were taken to Liberia in the " Niagara."

When the Paraguay Expedition was sent out, Dr. Browne
was ordered to the steamer " Atlanta," Captain Daniel
B. Ridgely, and detached before sailing. After short ser-
vice at the Naval Hospital at Norfolk, he was attached
t< > the sloop-of-war " Constellation," flag-ship of the Afri-
can Squadron, which we were at that time bound by con-
vention to keep on the West Coast. During the cruise
the " Constellation" captured, off the Congo River, the
bark " Cora," with seven hundred and five slaves, who
were sent to Liberia.

Dr. Browne was commissioned as surgeon June 19,
1 86 1, and ordered to the steam-sloop " Kearsarge," a
ship which will always be celebrated in the annals of
our navy. She was sent on " special duty" to the Euro-
pean waters in 1861, visiting all the ports of the British
and continental littoral where she was likely to find the
Confederate corsairs. At last, when in command of
Commander Winslow, she found the " Alabama" in Cher-
bourg. The preparations for the engagement which be-
came necessary were like those for a battle " in the lists,"
and when the hour sounded the champions came forth.
The " Kearsarge" destroyed the " Alabama" in one hour
and two minutes. Special trains came from Paris to
witness the fight. The " Kearsarge" then went to Brazil,
to look for the " Florida," which was supposed to be
about Fernando Noronha. Disappointed in the search,
she returned to the LTnited States.

After some temporary duty, Dr. Browne was, in April,
1865, ordered back to the scene of his original duty in
California, where he superintended the building of the
Naval Hospital at Mare Island, and was in charge there
for nearly ten years, with the exception of a cruise as fleet-
surgeon of the Pacific Squadron. This latter post he
again filled, after he had been made medical inspector in
the regular course of promotion. He was commissioned
medical director October 6, 1878, and then came East
again. During 1880-82 he served as president of the
Medical Examining Board at Washington, and was a
member of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy
in 1 88 1. In the same year he went to London, England,
as the naval representative at the International Medical
Congress ; was a member of the National Board of Health
in 1883, and in charge of the Museum of Hygiene at
Washington from 18S2 to 18S5. During that time he
also served on the Board of Naval Regulations. In 18S4
Medical Director Browne was naval representative at the
International Medical Congress at Copenhagen, and from
[885 t<> 1 888 served as a member of the Naval Retiring
Board. He became chief of Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery, with the title of Surgeon-General of the Navy,
April, 1 888.

Surgeon-General Browne is said to wear the very high-
est honors of the Masonic fraternity, and is a distinguished
member of club and official societv in Washington.

WHO SERJED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

MEDICAL INSPECTOR GEORGE R. BRUSH, U.S.N.

Medical Inspector George R. Brush, U.S.N., was
born at Smithtown, Suffolk County, Long Island, New-
York, on the third day of November, 1836, and his
early youth was passed upon his father's farm in that
town.

When at the proper age he took the course of aca-
demic study at the well-known Seminary of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Conference at Pennington, New Jersey,
then under the mastership of the Rev. J. Townley
Crane, D.D.

Brush then entered the office of Lafayette Ranney,
M.D., of the city of New York, as a student of medicine.
His courses of lectures were taken at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons (now the medical department
of Columbia College), and in due course he was gradu-
ated from that institution in March, 1858.

Soon after graduation he began the practice of his
profession at the village of Sayville, of the town of Islip,
in Suffolk County, New York, which place has continued
to be his usual residence.

The breaking out of the Civil War, however, altered his
plans, and drew him, as well as so many thousand others,
into embarking upon a very different career from that
which they had contemplated.

Accordingly, on the 2d of September, 1861, — having
passed the required examination before a board of naval
surgeons at the Naval Hospital at Brooklyn, New York, —
he was appointed an assistant surgeon in the U. S. Navy
by the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. This
appointment was confirmed by the Senate on the 24th of
January following, and his commission issued.

During the war of the Rebellion he served on board
the U. S. frigate " Potomac," of the West Gulf Block-
ading Squadron, and on board the U. S. receiving-ship
" North Carolina," at New York, — a position of great
responsibility for a medical officer, as that was the great
naval recruiting-point.

Dr. Brush was promoted to the grade of passed assist-
ant surgeon in April, 1865, and to that of surgeon in
February, 1872; commissioned as medical inspector in
November, 1889.

His service at sea, which aggregates sixteen years, was
made on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic stations.

While attached to the U. S. S. " Wateree," he witnessed
the bombardment of Callao, Peru, by the Spanish squad-
ron, on May 2, 1866; was attached to the " Saranac"
when she was wrecked in Seymour Narrows, British
Columbia, in June, 1S75.

His latest service afloat was on board the U. S. S.
" Omaha," bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral George E.
Belknap, on the Asiatic station.

His shore duty, of more than twelve years, has been
mostly at the rendezvous in New York, and on board the
receiving-ship at the same place.

It has included service at the U. S. naval hospitals at
Norfolk, Virginia, and at Mare Island, California. He
has also been stationed at the U. S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, and at the U. S. Naval Laboratory, Brooklyn,
New York-.

Dr. Brush is a son of Philetus Smith and Dorothy Ann
Brush, and the eighth in descent from Thomas Brush,
who settled at Southold, Long Island, about 1650. His
paternal and maternal ancestors served as commissioned
officers in the First Regiment of Suffolk County, State of
New York, during the war of the American Revolution.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NA VY (regular)

REAR-ADMIRAL ANDREW BRYSON. U.S.N.

Rear-Admiral Andrew Bryson was born in New
York City, July 25, 1822. Was appointed a midshipman
from New York December 1, 1837, by President Van

Buren, his father's personal friend, and made his first
cruises in the "< hitario," " Levant," and "Constellation,"
West India Squadron, until 1842, when he was ordered
to the Naval School at Philadelphia, and on lune 29,
1843, promoted to passed midshipman, serving on the
frigate " Macedonian" and sloop " Decatur" on the coast
of Africa. In 1845 he served on the "Michigan" on
the great lakes, and in 1849 "n tne "John Adams."
January 30, 1850, he was promoted to "master," and
was executive officer on the store-ships "Erie" and
"Relief." Promoted to lieutenant August 30, 1S51;
he was transferred to the brig " Bainbridge" at Monte-
video, South America, September 2, to cruise off the
coasts ,,f Brazil and Africa. He was next attached to
the receiving-ship " ( >hio" at Boston, and in 1856 was on
the "Saratoga." On this cruise the steamers "Gen. Mira-
mon" and " Marquis de la Habana" were captured off
the Mexican coast, in which affair Lieutenant Bryson,
commanding the " Indianola," captured the former after
a running fight. They also brought from San Juan
Walker's filibustering party. In 1858 he was executive
officer of the "Preble," Paraguay Expedition, returning
late in 1860. In January, r86l, he was attached to the
New York Yard, actively engaged fitting out vessels
until October 10; he was then ordered to command the
"Chippewa" one of the "ninety-day" gun-boats, and sent
to the blockade, taking part in the capture of Fort
Macon and action at Stony Inlet. July 16, 1862, he-
was commissioned commander, and, September 2c;, sent
to Europe on special service, returning to blockade early

in 1863. The " Chippewa," under his command, was the
first gun-boat of the class to cross the Atlantic. June 23,
1863, he was detached, and August 4 ordered to com-
mand the monitor " Lehigh." On the way to Charles! on,
South Carolina, the ship was nearly lost off Ilatteras,
seas breaking over turret and pilot-house, washing away
the ship's bell, which hung six and a half feet above the
deck. On April 4, 1864, a medical survey was held
without his request, and he was ordered home shattered
in health. The work was severe. September 18, 1863,
he reported, " up to this elate the 15-inch gun has been
fired forty-one times, the 8-inch rifle twenty-eight, and
the ship has been struck thirty-six times." Again, No-
vember 4, "engaged for the past nine days, in company
with the ' Patapsco' ami shore-batteries, in bombard-
ment of Port Sumter, during which time I have thrown
from the 8-inch rifle four hundred and eight percussion-
shells, and from the 15-inch smooth-bore twenty-four."
The actions were almost continuous; and his conduct
on December 2, 1863, when he was slightly wounded,
the ship, being aground and subjected to the concentrated
fire from nine separate batteries, was specially com-
mended. May 24, 1864, he was again on duty at the
New York Yard. October 13 ordered to command the
" Essex," Mississippi fleet. October 24 to command the
seventh, and on April 19, 1865, the eighth division. May
5 fleet-captain, and August 19 detached. April 6, 1866,
to March, 1868, he commanded the "Michigan." On
June 3, 1866, he captured the "Fenian" raiders on their
return from Canada, and on July 25, 1866, was promoted
to captain. 1868-71 he was at the Boston Yard, in
command of the receiving-ship " ( )hio," and on Board
duty. September 19, 1 87 1, to July 28, 1873, he com-
manded the " Brooklyn," European squadron, and was
commissioned commodore February 14, 1873. Sep-
tember 15, 1874, to Jul_\- 27, 1876, he commanded the
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Navy- Yard; was President
of the Board to examine the class of 1876 at Annapolis,
and engaged on Hoard and other duty to 1879. Sep-
tember 8, 1879, to Inly 25, 1881, he commanded the
South Atlantic station, flag-ship " Shenandoah," and was
promoted March 25, 1880, to rear-admiral. On January
30, 1883, he was retired at his own request, and spent the
remainder of his days quietly at his home in the city of
Washington.

"In all his long record there is not a blemish against
his high character and honor, and he was greatly beloved
by his fellow-officers. He was a man of a retiring dis-
position, excessively modest, but one of the best informed
men of the navy." lie was of Scotch ancestry, and his
father, the late David Bryson, was prominent in New-
York City affairs. Died in Washington, D.C., February
7, 1892-

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

6 1

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HORACE BLOIS BURNHAM
(retired).

Lieutenant-Colonel Horace Blois Burnham was
born in Columbia County, New York, September 10,
1S24. He was admitted to the bar at Wilkesbarre,
Pennsylvania, August 12, 1844, and practised law in the
courts of that State until 1 861. He commenced the or-
ganization of a three-years' regiment of volunteers July
26, 1 S6 1, and entered the volunteer service as lieutenant-
colonel ofthe Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, October
31,1 861. He took station at Annapolis, Man-land, April
3, 1862, and accompanied the regiment to Harper's Ferry,
Virginia, in February, 1863, and in April of the same
year was stationed at Berryville, Virginia, from whence
he joined the forces at Maryland Heights June 16, and
escorted stores, ordnance, etc., from Harper's Ferry to
Washington City.

Colonel Burnham joined the Army of the Potomac
with his regiment in the following July, and participated
in all its actions and campaigns during that year. He
took part against the attack by General Early June 10;
joined Milroy's forces and engaged in the affair at Ope-
quan River, Virginia, and participated in the battle of
Winchester, Virginia, during the 12th, 13th, and 14th of
June, 1S63. He was on temporary duty in New York-
City during the draft riots, and was ordered to Wash-
ington, D. C, December 26, [863, as judge-advocate of
a general court-martial.

Colonel Burnham was honorably mustered out of the
line, October 31, 1864, to accept the position of a major
and judge-advocate from that date, when he was de-
tailed as judge-advocate of general courts-martial under
orders of the War Department until 1866, when he
was placed on duty in the Bureau of Military Justice
until April 18, 1867, when he was assigned as chief
judge-advocate ofthe First Military District, Richmond,
Virginia, and continued so engaged until June, 1870;
he was additionally assigned as judge of the Hustings
Court, Richmond, Virginia, September 11, 1867, and
was relieved and appointed one of the judges of the
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia June 9, 1869,
and elected president thereof; performed such duty
until relieved June 1, 1870; June 3, 1870, he was as-
signed to the Department of the South ; April 24, 1872,
additionally assigned to temporary duty in the Depart-
ment of Texas ; from this he was relieved November 2,
1 872, and assigned to duty in the Department ofthe Platte,

and judge-advocate, head-quarters, Department of the
Platte, Omaha, Nebraska; he was relieved from duty
September 10, 1S86, and assigned to duty in the Depart-
ment of California and Military Division of the Pacific,
San Francisco, California, until retirement.

Colonel Burnham was transferred to the permanent
establishment of the U. S. Army February 25, 1867, and
received the brevets of lieutenant-colonel and colonel of
volunteers March 13, 1865, "for faithful and meritorious
services during the war." Upon being relieved from duty
in the Department ofthe Platte, September 1, 1886, Gen-
eral Crook, department commander, in General Orders
No. 11, Head-quarters Department ofthe Platte, I. 1S86,
said : " The department commander takes this occasion
to express his appreciation of Colonel Burnham's con-
scientious fidelity to his duties during his long term of
service in this department" (nearly fourteen years). In
anticipation of his retirement, General Howard, the divi-
sion commander, directed the following communication :
"The division commander desires to express to you his
esteem and his thanks for the faithful and zealous manner
in which you have performed the duties of judge-advocate
of this division and of the department of California. You
will carry with you the best wishes of the staff officers
for your welfare and happiness."

He was promoted lieutenant-colonel and deputy judge-
advocate-general Jul)- 5, 1884, and was retired from active
service by operation of law, September 10, 1888; and
since retirement has occupied his farm, " Aspen Shade,"
near Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY ^regular)

AMBROSE E. BURNSIDB (deceased).

Ambrose E. Burnside (deceased) was bom in Indiana,
and graduated from the Military Academy July I, 1847.
I Ie was promoted brevet second lieutenant Second Artil-
lery the same day, and second lieutenant of the Third
Artillery September 8, 1847. He served in the City of
Mexico during the winter of 1 847-48, and when peace
had been established with that republic he was stationed
at boit Adams, Rhode Island, from which point he was
ordered to Las Vegas, New Mexico, and was engaged
in a skirmish there with Jacarillo .Apache Indians,
August 23, 1849, in which he was wounded. During
the years 1850-5 I he was at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri ;
he was with the .Mexican Boundary Commission from
April, 1851, to March 16, 1852.

He was promoted first lieutenant December 12, 1851,
and was at Fort Adams in 1852-53, and resigned
( Ictober 2, 1S53.

After leaving the army he became a manufacturer of
fire-arms at Bristol, Rhode Island, from [853 to [858.
I le was major-general of Rhode Island militia in 1855-57.
He invented the Burnside breech-loading rifle in 1856,
and was member of the Board of Visitors to the Military
Academy the same year. He was cashier of the Land
Department of the Illinois Central Railroad Company in
1858-59, and treasurer of the same railroad in 1860-61.

At the commencement of the war of the Rebellion
he was appointed colonel of Rhode Island \rolunteers
Ma}- 2, 1 86 1, and served in defence of Washington in
Patterson's operations about Cumberland, Maryland, and
participated in the Manassas campaign, being engaged in
the first battle of Hull Run, July 21, 1861. He was
mustered out of service August 2, 1861.

On the 6th of August, 1861, he was appointed brig-
adier-general of volunteers, and served in command of

Provisional Brigade near Washington, and was then
employed in organizing a Coast Division at Annapolis,
Maryland, to January 8, 1862.

General Burnside was then placed in command of the
Department of North Carolina, and was engaged in the
battle and capture of Roanoke Island ; attack of New-
Berne, North Carolina ; attack on Camden and bombard-
ment of Fort Macon, resulting in its capture April 26,
1862. For these affairs he received a sword of honor
from the State of Rhode Island, in testimony of his ser-
vices at Roanoke Island.

He was appointed major-general of volunteers March
18, 1862, and from July 6 to September 4, 1862, he was
in command of the reinforcements to the Army of the
Potomac, concentrated at Newport News, Virginia, and
subsequently at Fredericksburg, constituting the Ninth
Army Corps. General Burnside participated in the Mary-
land campaign, in command of the right wing of the
Army of the Potomac, and of the Ninth Corps, and was
engaged in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam.
Afterwards he had general charge of Harper's Ferry,
Virginia, ami Second and Twelfth Corps, until November
10, 1862, and on this date, while marching towards Fal-
mouth, he was assigned to the command of the Army
of the Potomac, relieving General McClellan. He
commanded the Army of the Potomac in the battle
of Fredericksburg, December 11— 13, 1S62, and in
March, 1863, was relieved and ordered to the West,
where he commanded the Department of the Ohio.
He participated in the capture of Cumberland Gap
and occupation of East Tennessee, and was engaged
in the actions of Blue Springs and Lenoir, combat of
Campbell's Station, and siege of Knoxville. He was
engaged in recruiting the Ninth Army Corps from
January 12 to April 13, 1864, and then commanded
that corps in the Richmond campaign with the Army of
the Potomac, being engaged in the battles of the Wilder-
ness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Tolopotomy, Bethesda
Church, and siege of Petersburg, including the Mine
assault Jul\- 30, 1864. He was then on leave of absence
and waiting orders to April 15, 1865, when he resigned
his commission.

In 1864 General Burnside received the thanks of Con-
gress for " gallantry, good conduct, and soldier-like
endurance" in North Carolina and Fast Tennessee.

After leaving the service, General Burnside was direct' >r
of the Illinois Central Railroad Company and in the
Narragansett Steamship Company ; president of the
Cincinnati and Martinsville Railroad Company ; of Rhode
Island Locomotive Works at Providence ; and of the
Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad Company. lie was
also governor and captain-general of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations. He was also U.S. senator from
that State, and died September 13, 1881.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ANDREW SHERIDAN BURT,

U.S.A.

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Sheridan Burt (Sev-
enth Infantry) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1839.

In April, 1K61, he volunteered in the Sixth Ohio In-
fantry, and Jul}-, the same year, he accepted a first lieu-
tenancy in the Eighteenth United States Infantry. The
command was attached that fall to the Third Brigade,
First Division, of the Army of Ohio, Colonel Robert L.
McCook and Brigadier-General George LI. Thomas
commanding respectively.

Lieutenant Burt was detailed as aide-de-camp on the
brigade staff. At the battle of Mill Springs he was
wounded, and was brevetted for gallant services; he was
appointed additional aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen-
eral Halleck and assigned to serve with Colonel McCook.
The same year he was made assistant adjutant-general
of the brigade, and continued as such until Colonel
Mi Cook's death.

In January, [863, he reported to General Rosecrans,
commanding the Army of the Cumberland, and by him
was assigned to the inspector-general's department of his
staff, serving so through Hoover's Gap and Tullahoma
campaigns, advance beyond Chattanooga, and in the bat-
tle of Chickamauga. He was commended in reports by
the commanding general for services in these campaigns
and battle of Chickamauga. Captain Burt was specially
mentioned for gallant service in that battle by Major-
General Alexander McCook, commanding the corps.
In the fall of 1883, at his own request, he relinquished
his staff appointment and took command of his Company
F, First Battalion, Eighteenth Infantry. He commanded
that company in the charge on Missionary Ridge. Gen-
eral Palmer, on the Ridge, thanked the company.

Captain Burt commanded his Company F, Eighteenth
Infantry, part of the Regular Brigade of the Fourteenth
Army Corps, in the Atlanta campaign, and was in all
the actions participated in by his regiment from Buzzard's
Roost to Jonesboro', and received the personal thanks of
the detachment commander for gallant services in the last
battle. He was mentioned in reports for services in the
Atlanta campaign by the detachment commander as well
as by General Thomas. He was brevetted major 1864,
for gallant services in Atlanta campaign and at the battle
of Jonesboro'. Major Burt marched, in [866, with his
company, from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Bridger.

In the fall of 1877, while in command of a detachment
of recruits en route to Fort McKinney, he was attacked
by Indians under Red Cloud, at Crazy Woman's Fork,
and the Indians were beaten off.

While in command of Fort C. F. Smith, Montana, in
1868, he had two successful skirmishes with hostile
Indians. From 1865 until 1878 Major Burt, in command
of his company, was nearly every year changing sta-

tions or on expeditions with .ill the difficulties of march-
ing on the frontier in the hostile Indian days.

He was on Stanley's Yellowstone I^xpeclition in 1873;
with Colonel Dodge's command as escort to the Jenney
expedition to the Black Hills in 1875; General Crook's
expedition, 1876, and commanded a battalion of two com-
panies in the attack' by Indians on the command camped
on Powder Ri\ er.

At the battle of the Rosebud, General Crook having
ordered the withdrawal of Colonel Royal's battalion of
cavalry from a certain position on the field, the retreat
became a rout under the Indians' hand-to-hand assault.
Major Burt, with his company, and that of Major Bur-
rows, was detailed " to stop those Indians," which the two
companies did, and the hard-pressed cavalry battalion was
rescued from a precarious position. At " Slim Buttes,"
same campaign, Major Burt commanded a battalion in
the repulse of an Indian attack'. In 1S77 Major Burt,
with his company, was part of General John King's com-
mand, sent to Chicago during the riots. In 1X79 his
company was especially selected to proceed to Hastings,
Nebraska, to protect Judge Gaslin in holding court against
the possible interference < if In istile cowboys, some of their
members being tried at the time for an atrocious murder.
The major and his company received public thanks and
commendation of Judge Gaslin and the officials for the
manner in which the duty on this occasion was performed.

While in command at Fort Bidwell, California, in 1885,
the citizens of that region, in a series of published reso-
lutions, thanked Major Burt for his successful efforts in
preventing an Indian outbreak'.

He was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Seventh
Infantry, January 1, 1888.

Colonel Burt is the author of \V. F. Cody's (Buffalo
Bill) most successful play, " May Cody, or Lost and
Won."

f>4

OFFICERS OF THE ARM) AND NAVY {regular)

PAY INSPECTOR ARTHUR BURTIS. U.S.N.

Pay Inspector Arthur Burtis, U.S.N., was born in
New York, and appointed assistant paymaster from that
State by Mr. Lincoln in 1862, in accordance with the
request of the Honorable Hamilton Fish and Senator
Preston King. These gentlemen had been classmates of
Assistant Paymaster Burtis's father, — a clergyman who
was for man_\- years a resilient of Buffalo. His great-
grandfather and great-great-grandfather both served in
the Revolutionary War; the older being at the time
sixty-four, and his sun twenty-two years of age.

His first orders were to duty under Admiral Farragut
in the "Sagamore," but on the way there in' the supply
steamer " Rhode Island" contracted yellow fever, and
he was sent north. lie was then, upon recovering his
health, ordered to the " Connecticut," employed in con-
voying the California steamers through the Carribean
Sea, rendered necessary by the fact that the " Alabama"
had recently overhauled the " Ariel," with mails and pas-
sengers. The " Connecticut," of the North Atlantic
Blockading Squadron, was next on the blockade, captur-
ing four noted blockade-runners, all with valuable car-
goes. She also caused the destruction of four more, in
the course of which duty she was engaged with Fort
Fisher.

From 1864 to [866 Paymaster Burtis was attached
to the " Muscoota," of the Gulf Squadron, and had the
yellow fever a second time on board that vessel, off the

Rio Grande, in 1866. The only medical officer died, and

the vessel went to Pensacola, where she received a sur-
geon and other officers necessary to take the ship north.
She proceeded to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where
the ship's company were landed and placed in quarantine.

While undergoing this unpleasant experience in the
" Muscoota," he was promoted to paymaster May 4, 1 8( i( >.

From 1867 to 1S69 he was stationed at League Island.
From 1870 to 1873 was attached to the "Brooklyn,"
which ship brought the body of Admiral Farragut from
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to New York, and then
went for a cruise in European waters. In 1S71 he was
appointed fleet-paymaster.

Upon his return home, after service at the Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing, Navy Department, 1873, he-
became inspector of provisions and clothing at the navy-
yard, Philadelphia, from 1 S74 to 1 S77. Most of the time
he had the additional duty of paymaster of the receiving-
ship " St. Louis." In 1 878 he was a member of the Board
(il Examiners, lie was again ordered to League Island,
but after about a year's service there went to the prac-
tice-ship " Constellation" for her summer cruise with the
cadets of the Naval Academy. After this he was for
some time inspector of flour, etc., for the navy, at New
York. From 1S83 to 1886 he was attached to the
" Galena," of the North Atlantic Squadron. The " Ga-
lena" was at Aspinwall in the spring of 1885. During
the rebellion on the Isthmus, and when that city was
burned, the officers and crew of the ship prevented much
destruction of property and loss of life. The "Galena''
also captured at St. Andrew's Island filibustering steamer
" City of Mexico" in February, 1886. From June, [866,
to May, 1889, was the paymaster of the navy-yard, New
York. He next went to the " Vermont," receiving-ship
at New York, and in January, 1890, was ordered as fleet-
paymaster of the Pacific Squadron in the flag-ship
" Charleston." The " Charleston" brought King Kala-
kau from the Sandwich Islands to California and took
his remains back to Honolulu in January, 1891. From
the" Charleston" he was transferred to the flag-ship " San
Francisco," 31st March, 1891. The "San Francisco"
was in Chili during the revolution in 1891, and was in
Valparaiso when Balmaceda's army was defeated and the
Congressional forces captured that city August 2X, 1891.
Was promoted to pay inspector 21st September, [89] ;
was detached from the flag-ship " San Francisco" 30th
January, [892. lie is at present general storekeeper at
the navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL EDMOND BUTLER, U.S.A.
(retired).

Lieutenant-Colonel Edmond Butler (retired) was
born in Ireland March 19, 1827. He was appointed
second lieutenant Fifth Infantry at the outbreak of the
war, and detailed to accompany General Baird (after-
wards inspector-general) in inspection of Kansas and
Missouri troops. In 1862, remustering and consoli-
dating Kansas volunteers, and officially complimented
by General Hunter for settling, without resort to force,
" difficult and delicate" matters affecting Kansas troops.
He was in New Mexico in 1862, and Texas 1864, and
rebuilt Fort Bliss after reoccupation. Having been
promoted captain, 1864, in 1S65 he commanded an ex-
pedition against the Navajos, inflicting severe loss on
them. In September, 1865, he received the formal sur-
render of Manoelito Grande, and sent two thousand
prisoners to the Reservation. He was recommended for
brevet for gallantry and success. In letters from his I
head-quarters, November 16 and 17, 1865, General Carle- ]
ton wrote, " To Captain Edmond Butler I owe many
thanks." "To the efficiency and straightforward course
and the energy and good sense of Captain B. I owe a
great deal of the luck I get credit for as a commander."

In June, 1868, Captain Butler was ordered in attend-
ance on General Sherman, and in December, with a small
infantry force, he exhumed the bodies of the killed in the
Forsyth affair, on the Arickaree Fork, under fire of
main body of Sioux under Two Strike, and extricated
his small force from a perilous position. In 1869, in the
Indian operations on the Smoky Hill, with two soldiers
he narrowly escaped capture. He volunteered for expe-
dition against the Pawnees under General Woods, and
commanded expedition after General Woods was dis-
abled by illness. In 1874 he served through the ex-
pedition against the Kiowas and Comanches, under
General Miles.

In September, 1876, Captain Butler cut a road through
the Bad Lands north of the Yellowstone. In the cam-
paign against Sitting Bull he commanded the centre at
Cedar Creek, and in subsequent pursuit. He was shot at
by Gall while relieving an outpost. He participated in
campaign against the confederated Sioux and Cheyennes
under Crazy Horse, and on January 8, 1877, led a
charge against the Indians fortified on a high peak of
the Wolf Mountains, and massing in rear of Miles's posi-
tion. In his report General Miles said, "Captain But-
ler's horse was shot under him while gallantly leading a
successful charge on the extreme left." He recom-
mended Captain Butler for brevet, " for conspicuous
gallantry in leading his command in a successful charge
against superior numbers of hostile Indians strongly
posted." This recommendation was approved by Gen-
9

erals Sherman, Sheridan, and Terry. At the close of
the campaign General Miles wrote Captain Butler as
follows : " In leaving the regiment, be assured you have
the thanks and good-will of its commanding officer for
your hard service in the field and fortitude in action."

Nothing in his service, however, touched him so
deeply as a letter signed by every enlisted man of his
company who was in the charge, thanking him " for the
gallant manner in which he led the charge on the 8th of
January, in which they had the honor of participating,
and for the kindness he had shown them in so many
different ways heretofore."

Captain Butler was promoted major in 1885. He com-
manded Fort Townsend, Washington. Commanded
Bellevue Rifle Range three consecutive years; marks-
man, 1883, 1884, 1885. Sharpshooter marksman, 1888.
He was recorder of Board of Visitors to School of
Application in 1887, and was in Pine Ridge campaign,
1890-91, commanding troops in night march from Rush-
ville, Nebraska, to the Agency, and his regiment during
the campaign. At its close he received a copy of a letter
to General Brooke, in which the Secretary of War and
the General of the Army express a hope " that some
opportunity may be presented for the promotion of this
most deserving officer." He was promoted lieutenant-
colonel in March, 1892.

Upon retirement from active service in March, 1891,
after examination by the Bar Committee for the Seventh
Judicial District of Montana, he was admitted to the Bar
of that State.

Colonel Butler is the author of an " Essay on the
Indian Question," honorably mentioned by the Board
of Award of the Military Service Institution for 1880.
After the fall of Sumter he wrote a series of articles in
French for Parisian and Brussels papers, presenting the
Union side of the question to Continental Europe.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

MAJOR JOHN G. BUTLER.

Major John G. Butler (Ordnance Department) was
born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, January 23, 1842, and
graduated from the Military Academy June 11, 1863.
He was then promoted second lieutenant of the Fourth
Artillery, but transferred to the Ordnance Department
January 29, 1864. He served during the war of the
Rebellion, in the Army of the Cumberland, from August,
1863, to January, I 864, participating in the campaign of
that army, and engaged at the battle of Chickamauga,
for which he received the following complimentary
notice, in the report of first lieutenant F. L. D. Russell,
Fourth Artillery: "Lieutenant Butler, the only officer
with me, distinguished himself by his cool and gallant
conduct and rendered me the most essential service."
He was brevetted first lieutenant for " gallant and meri-
torious services in the battle of Chickamauga," Sep-
tember 20, 1863.

Lieutenant Butler was then stationed at Chattanooga,
Tennessee, and Bridgeport, Alabama, until he was or-
dered on recruiting duty in January 1864, which duty
he, by permission, declined. lie was then ordered to
appear at Washington, for examination for transfer to
the Ordnance Department, and upon being transferred
was stationed at Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania, as
assistant ordnance officer, from February 1 to December
1 1, 1864, being detached May 19 to July I, to arm and
equip New Jersey troops. He sailed, under sealed

orders, November, 1S64, in charge of ordnance stores
and material, to anticipate the arrival of General Sher-
man's army on the Atlantic coast.

After performing this duty, Lieutenant Butler was
detailed as assistant to the inspector of ordnance in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, West Point, and Read-
ing, to January, 1867, and assistant constructor of ord-
nance at Scott Foundry, Reading, Pennsylvania, to June,
[867. In the mean time he was promoted first lieuten-
ant, to date from March 7, 1867. Upon being relieved at
Reading, he was ordered as assistant at Fort Leavenworth
Arsenal, Kansas, where he remained until May, 1870.
lie was then placed on detached duty in Philadelphia
until the following September, when he was ordered to
Fort Monroe Arsenal, Virginia, as assistant. From
May to September, 1873, the lieutenant was on detached
duty at the U. S. Ordnance Agency, New York, then
assistant to the constructor of ordnance to April 22,
1876, in the mean time having been promoted captain
June 23, 1874.

In May, 1876, captain Butler was ordered as assistant
at Watervliet Arsenal, New York, and in May, 1880,
transferred to Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, as
assistant. On the 5th of April, 1883, his station was
changed to Rock Island Arsenal, as assistant, and in
September, 1886, to the National Armory at Spring-
field, Massachusetts ; then to the St. Louis Powder
Depot, in January, 1S88, and subsequently to the com-
mand of the Augusta Arsenal, Georgia, his present
station.

He was promoted major of ordnance September 15,
1890.

Major Butler is the son of John B. Butler, major and
paymaster in Mexican War, on staff of General Taylor,
and later in Ordnance Department, U.S.A., and grandson
of John Butler, whose military records for three genera-
tions extend back through the four great wars in which
the country has been engaged, — the war of the Revolu-
tion, the War of 18 12, the Mexican War, and the war
of the Seceding States, 1861-65. Major Butler is the
author of " Projectiles and Rifled Cannon," and of vari-
ous articles and publications upon the subjects of ord-
nance, the national defence, etc. He is also the inventor
of the " Butler projectile," in use with rifled guns for the
past ten or twelve years, ami in the proof of both breech-
and muzzle-loading guns adopted in U. S. service.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL RICHARD N. BATCHELDER.

Brigadier-General Richard N. Batchelder (quar-
termaster-general, U.S.A.) was born in New Hampshire
July 27, 1832. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he en-
listed in the First New Hampshire Regiment, and was
appointed regimental quartermaster April 30, 1861. In
fifteen days after his appointment he had the regiment
uniformed, armed, and equipped, and field-transportation
provided for baggage, tents, and supplies. It was this
comprehensive grasp of details and this energy of execu-
tion which early brought him to the attention of field-
commanders, and secured for him rapid promotion until he
became chief quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac,
which position he filled with great credit to himself dur-
ing the closing year of the war. No officer of the Quar-
termaster's Corps was complimented with more brevet
rank, and few officers of the line or staff received higher
encomiums in official reports. He was appointed captain
and assistant quartermaster and assigned to duty as chief
quartermaster, Corps of Observation, in August, 1861. He
was made chief quartermaster. Second Division, Second
Corps, Army of the Potomac, March, 1862; lieutenant-
colonel and chief quartermaster, Second Corps, January,
1863 ; acting chief quartermaster, Army of the Potomac,
June, 1 864 ; and colonel and chief quartermaster, Army of
the Potomac, August, 1864. He was brevetted major,
lieutenant-colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers,
and major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel, United States
Army, for faithful and meritorious service during the war.

It was as chief quartermaster of the Army of the Poto-
mac, however, that his great powers were fullest displayed,
having charge of the immense baggage-trains of that great
force, the duties of which position would have crushed
the ordinary mind ; yet he handled this great train of five
thousand wagons and thirty thousand horses and mules
on the campaign from the Rapidan to the James with
a magical control. Some distinguished officer has said
" that a man who can successfully handle the supply-trains
of an army is capable of commanding that army."

In his " History of the Second Corps," General Francis
A. Walker says, " Colonel Batchelder was one of the best,
if not himself the very best, contribution made by the
volunteer force to the supply department of the army.
His subsequent promotion to be chief quartermaster of
the Army of the Potomac and his present high position in
the regular army are evidence of the manner in which his
duties with the Second Corps were discharged. However
exacting the demands of the infantry or the artillery, of the
commissariat or the hospital service, they were always met,
and met so easily that it seemed the simplest thing in the

world to be done. It was impossible that the roads could
become so bad as to keep the Second Corps trains back.
No matter how the troops were marched about, — by day
or by night, in advance or in retreat, — the inevitable six-
mule wagon was always closebehind. . . . The service ren-
dered to the troops by this sagacious and efficient officer
could hardly be over-estimated." " It is with officers of
such qualifications that it is desirable we should fill up
the standing army," wrote Grant, when he recommended
Batchelder for appointment in the regular army. Said
the gallant Hancock : " I consider him (Batchelder) the
most efficient officer of the department in the volunteer
service." Said General Meade : " General Batchelder's
services for the two years I commanded the Army of the
Potomac are well known to me. He not only managed
his important department with great judgment and skill,
but rendered me essential service on the battle-field as
a staff-officer, showing high personal gallantry in the
immediate presence of the enemy." " No officer," says
Howard, " with whom I have had the fortune to serve
ever had, at all times, my more complete confidence."
" He has not a superior in ability and experience. Much
of the success of my department is due to his untiring
intelligence and faithful service. ... He merits the high
commendation awarded him by all his superiors," was
the opinion of General Ingalls, who was Batchelder's
superior officer in the Quartermaster's Corps. " He is
one of the most intelligent and able officers of the Quar-
termaster's Department. I greatly relied upon his ability
and zeal, and was never disappointed," wrote Quarter-
master-General Meigs.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN LESTER A. BEARDSLER, U.S.N.

Captain Lester A. Beardslee was born in Little
Falls, New York, February I, 1836. Appointed acting
midshipman March 5, 1850; sloop "Plymouth," East
Indies, May, 1851, to January, 1855; participated in
one battle and several skirmishes with Chinese army
at Shanghai; Naval Academy, October, 1855, to June,
1856.

Promoted to passed midshipman June 20, 1S56; steam-
frigate" Merrimac," special service, 1856-57 ; sloop " Ger-
mantown," East India Squadron, 1857-60. Promoted
to master January 22, 1858. Promoted to lieutenant
July 23, 1859 ; sloop " Saratoga," coast of Africa, 1S60-63.
Promoted to lieutenant-commander July 16, 1862; mon-

itor " Nantucket," North Atlantic Squadron, January to
May, 1S63; participated in attack of the iron-clad fleet
on the defences of Charleston Harbor, April 7, 1863;
steam-sloop " Wachusett," special service, on coast of
Brazil, cruising for rebel privateers, ( )ctober, 1863, to Jan-
uary, 1 865 ; participated in capture of rebel steamer
"Florida" at Bahia, by "Wachusett," October, 1864;
commanded prize steamer " Florida," from October, 1864,
and brought her to Hampton Roads, Virginia; steam-
sloop " Connecticut," special service, West Indies, 1865 ;
commanded steam-gun-boat "Aroostook," 1S67-68,
taking her to East India Squadron from Philadelphia ;
commanded steamer " Saginaw," Pacific Squadron, Octo-
ber, 1868; executive of steam-sloop " Lackawanna," Pa-
cific Squadron, 1868-69.

Commissioned as commander June 12, 1869; Hydro-
graphic Office, Navy Department, 1869-70; steamer
" Palos," April, 1870, to January, 1871 ; took her to East
Indies; Hydrographic ( )ffice, January, 1871-72; Navy-
Yard, Washington, May, 1872, to April I, 1875; mem-
ber of United States Board for testing iron, steel, and
other metals, April, 1875, to April, 1879; commanding
sloop "Jamestown," Alaska, April, 1879, to October,
1880.

Promoted to captain November, 1880; leave of ab-
sence, 18S2-83; commanding receiving-ship "Frank-
lin," 1SS3-84; commanding steam-frigate "Powhatan,"
June, 1884, to June, 1886; Torpedo Station, 1887; wait-
ing orders, 18S8; commanding receiving-ship "Ver-
mont," July, 1SS8-91.

November 9, 1891, assumed command of Naval Sta-
tion, Port Royal, South Carolina; and at this date —
June, 1 S92 — he remains in command at Port Royal.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

CAPTAIN JOHN H. CALEF.

Captain John H. Calef (Second Artillery) was born
at Gloucester, Massachusetts, September 24, 1841. He
is the great-grandson of Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin, of
the Revolutionary army, first colonel of engineers of the
U. S. Army; also, a great-grandson of Colonel John H.
Calef, of Kingston, New Hampshire, an officer of the
Revolutionary army.

Captain Calef graduated at the V. S. Military Academy
June 17, 1862, and was promoted second lieutenant of
the Fifth Artillery the same day. He was transferred to
the Second Artillery October 6, 1S62, and served in the
field with the Army of the Potomac. He participated in
the Peninsula campaign, and was engaged in the action
of Malvern Hill August 5, 1862; in the Northern Vir-
ginia campaign, and engaged in the battle of second Bull
Run August 29,30, [862; in the Maryland campaign,
and engaged in the battle of Antietam September 17,
1862; skirmish at Sharpsburg September 19, 1862, and
march to Falmouth, Virginia ; in the Rappahannock cam-
paign and engaged in Stoncman's raid towards Rich-
mond; in the battle of Chancellorsville May 2-4, 1863,
and several skirmishes; in the Pennsylvania campaign,
in command of his batten1, and engaged in the skirmish
of Upperville, Virginia, June 21-22, 1863 ; battle of Get-
tysburg, Pennsylvania, Jul)- 1-4, [863, and skirmishes at
Williamsport, July 6, Boonesboro, Maryland, July 8-9,
and Funkstown, Maryland, July 10, 1863 ; and in pur-
suit of the enemy to Warrenton, Virginia; in the Rap-
idan campaign and engaged in several skirmishes Sep-
tember, 1863, and wounded September 15 at Raccoon
Ford.

He was promoted first lieutenant of the Second Artil-
lery November 4, 1863, and was on leave of absence from
February 14 to April, 1864, when he rejoined in the field
and participated in the Richmond campaign, being en-
gaged in the battle of Cold Harbor June I, 1864; skir-
mished at Bottom Bridge June 3-4, 1864; battle of
Trevilian Station June 11-12, 1864, and action of St.
Mary's Church June 24, 1864. He was then on sick
leave until the following September; but rejoining in
the field, participated in the Richmond campaign and
was engaged in the siege of Petersburg ; combat of Boyd-
ton Plank Road October 27, 1864; destruction of Stony

Creek Station December I, 1864, and skirmish at Belle-
field 1 )ecember 9, 1864.

Lieutenant Calef was appointed adjutant of the Second
Artillery November 6, 1864, and, after a short leave of
absence, was with regimental head-quarters at Fort
Mcllenry to July, 1865, when the regiment was trans-
ferred to the Pacific coast.

He was brevetted captain July 6, 1864, for " gallant
and good conduct in the battle of Gettysburg, and in the
campaign from the Rapidan to Petersburg, Virginia;"
and major March 13, 1865, "for good conduct and gal-
lant services during the Rebellion."

Lieutenant Calef served on the Pacific coast from
1865 to 1872. lie was judge-advocate of a "travelling
general court-martial" in 1868-69, making the tour of
Arizona. His regiment being transferred to the Atlan-
tic coast in 1872, he was on duty at Fort McHenry,
Maryland, to May, 1875, when he was ordered to the
Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia, remaining
there until April 8, 1888, during which time he was
instructor in the " Art of War" and " Tactics," and
compiled a work on " Military Policy and History of
Ancient and Modern Armies," and one on " Description
and Service of Machine-Guns."

He was promoted captain of the Second Artillery
March 16, 1875, and is at present on duty in command
of Fort Schuyler, New York.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY A XT' NAVY [regular)

CAPTAIN 1). F. CALLINAN (retired).

Captain D. F. Callinan (retired) was born in county
Kerry, Ireland, July 24, 1839. ''e carne to the United
States when a boy. Enlisted in Company E, First In-
fantry, September 5, 1S60. Served at Forts Arbuckle
a\m\ Washita, Indian Territory. Left Indian Territory
for Kansas May 1, [861, the command consisting of six
companies, — First (now Fourth) Cavalry and five com-
panies First Infantry, — under command of Major Emmy.
During the first day's march were followed by Texan
troops. When camp was reached line of battle was
formed, Company E, First Infantry, as artillery; the
cavalry were sent out and, without filing a shot, made
the Texans prisoners. Next morning they were given
hack their arms ami released, Arrived at Fort Leaven-
worth May 31.

In June assisted in the capture of a company of rebels
at Liberty, Missouri, who were a few hours afterwards
given back their arms (shot-guns and squirrel-rifles) and
released. The command returned to Leavenworth, re-
maining a few 1 lays at Kansas City. He was appointed
corporal August 1, 1861, and quartermaster-sergeant
of post on September 15 ; appointed first sergeant in
January, 1862, and scouted through Missouri in 1862.
lie was stationed at Fort Scott, Kansas, during the
winter, and returned to Fort Leavenworth in February,
[863; resigned the position of first sergeant, and was
appointed sergeant-major of post. He joined his regi-
ment in the Army of the Tennessee, operating against
Vicksburg ; was acting sergeant-major of battalion for
about two weeks ; asked a volunteer officer who sat

beside him one day what he thought of Vicksburg, etc. ;
the officer said he did not know, and inquired the ser-
geant's opinion. The sergeant said if Grant was the man
they said he was, they would have it by the Fourth of
July anyhow. After the officer left, the men informed
him that it was General Grant to whom he was talking.
A few days after this he was placed in command of a
siege-gun within a short distance of Fort Hill, and
remained in command until the surrender.

In August, 1863, he was appointed first lieutenant of
colored troops, and reported to Brigadier-General J. P.
Hawkins as aide-de-camp. October 2 he received the
appointment of second lieutenant First Infantry, and was
appointed commissary of musters, acting assistant adju-
tant-general, acting inspector-general, and acting ordnance
i ifficer. He was relieved at his own request in May, 1 864,
and joined his regiment in New Orleans, and promoted
first lieutenant in 1S66. He was almost constantly in
command of companies until November, 1867, when he
was appointed commandant of the New Orleans military
prison. He turned the building over to the civil author-
ities in August, 1868, and again took command of his
company. He was quartermaster and commissary at
Fort Brady, Michigan, from July, 1869, to October, 1871,
the last six months being also post-adjutant. He was
in command of about one hundred recruits at Fort
Wayne, Michigan, from January to May, 1874; post
quartermaster and commissary of Fort Sully, 1 )akota,
from July, 1874,10 July, 1875 ; commanding detachment
of recruits at Fort Randall during the winter of 1876-77;
in Chicago during labor riots. In November, sent to
New Spotted Tail Agency, to superintend construction
of barracks ; on leave of absence for four months, from
September, 1878; promoted captain Jul)- 1, 1879, and
stationed at Forts Sully and Meade from July, 1879, to
May, 1880; employed with company in building road at
mouth of Pecos River from December, 1SS0, to March,
1881 ; building road into pinery, near Fort Davis, Texas,
December, 1 881, and January, 1SS2 ; took part in Apache
campaign in Arizona and New Mexico in 1882; on gen-
eral recruiting from October, 1SX4, to October, 1886; on
leave for four months ; in command of Angel Island
March and April, 1888; in summer camp at Santa Bar-
bara ; in command of Angel Island January to March,
[889 ; member of board to locate quarantine station ; in
summer camp at Monterey and Santa Cruz, California ;
on sick leave for six months from January, 1890; took
part in Sioux campaign, 1890-91 ; on sick leave for two
months from January, 1 891; in command of company
from April to October 29, 1 891. Retired October 22, [891.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COLONEL JOHN CAMPBELL (retired).

Colonel John Campbell (retired) entered the United
States service as an acting assistant surgeon June II,
1X47, and arrived at Vera Cruz, Mexico, July 20 follow-
ing, when he was placed on duty at the Castle of San
Juan d'Ulloa, from which duty he was relieved in October,
and ordered to the command of Major-General Patterson.
He arrived in the City of Mexico December 7, 1847, and
on the 13th of the same month was appointed assistant
surgeon U. S. Army. He was afterwards transferred
to Tacubaya. He returned to Albany, New York, in
July, 1848, and was ordered to New Orleans, where he-
reported October 24, 1848, and was then directed to pro-
ceed to San Antonio, Texas, where he remained, dointr
duty at various points, until the early part of 1850, when
he was directed to proceed to California via the Isthmus
of Panama. He arrived at Monterey, California, after a
voyage of sixty-five days from Panama, and was subse-
quently stationed at Benicia and Sonoma.

In Ma>-, 1 85 1, Dr. Campbell was detailed to accom-
pany the escort to the Indian Commissioner, and in Jul)'
arrived at Camp Bidwell, California, returning to Sonoma
in September following. In October, 1851, he was
ordered with two troops of the first Dragoons on an
expedition to Port Orford, Oregon, and was engaged in
a skirmish with Indians on the Coquilla River. He re-
turned to Benicia December 12, 185 1. After serving at
various other stations, and having had six months' leave
of absence, he was ordered to report to the head-quarters
of the army at New York City, from Albany, New York,
September 28, 1854, and was stationed successively at
Fort Wood, West Point, Carlisle Barracks, Fort Craw-
ford, Minnesota, Fort Ridgely, Minnesota, and was then
assigned to duty with a battalion of the Second Infantry,
August 22, 1856, on the march to the Missouri River,
where they arrived, opposite Fort Pierre, September 23
of that year. On the 6th of November he was directed
to proceed to Fort Leavenworth, and there received
a leave of absence, rejoining for duty at West Point
June 1, 1857.

At the commencement of the war of the Rebellion,
Dr. Campbell was on duty at Plattsburg Barracks, New
York, and on the 29th of January, 1861, accompanied
the two companies stationed there to Baltimore, Mary-
land. On the 2 1st of July, 1862, he arrived at New York
from Pensacola, Florida, and was stationed in and about
that city until August, 1863, when the Board for Retire-

ment of Officers, of which Dr. Campbell was a member,
was transferred to Wilmington, Delaware.

On the 1st of October, 1863, he was transferred to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as medical director of the
Department of the Susquehanna, which he retained until
October 28, 1 865, when he was detailed as attending
surgeon-in-charge of invalid officers. He continued on
this duty to November 23, 1865, when he was ordered to
Augusta, Georgia, as medical director of the Department
of Georgia. On the 26th of June, 1866, he was transferred
to Madison Barracks, New York, remaining there until
November 25, 1867, when assigned to duty at Fort Trum-
bull, Connecticut.

In 1870 he was ordered to the Department of Dakota,
and assigned to duty temporarily as medical director, but
subsequently ordered to duty at Fort Randall, Dakota,
where he remained until 1872, when his station was
changed to Fort Adams, Rhode Island. In 1S78 he was
ordered to Atlanta, Georgia, as medical director of the
Department of the South. In 1880 he was at Newport
Barracks, Kentucky, and remained on duty there until
1883, when he was ordered to New York City, where he-
was attending surgeon until retired from active service
September 16, 1885.

Dr. Campbell was promoted captain and assistant sur-
geon December 13, 1852; major and surgeon May 21,
1861 ; lieutenant-colonel and surgeon November 8, 1877 ;
and colonel and surgeon December 7, 1884.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

BRIGADIER- AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL EDWARD
R. S. CANBY (deceased).

Brigadier- and Brevet Major-General Edward R.
S. Canby was born in Kentucky and graduated from the
U. S. Military Academy in the class of 1839. He was
promoted upon graduation as second lieutenant. Second
Infantry, July 1, 1839. During part of the Florida War
(1839-42) he was on duty as quartermaster; 1840-42,
assisted in conducting the emigrating Indians to Arkan-
sas, after which he performed garrison duty at Fort
Niagara, New York, to 1845, and was in recruiting ser-
vice from 1845 to 1846. From March 24, 1 S46, to March
3, 1847, he was adjutant of the Second Infantry, and
while serving in this capacity was promoted first lieuten-
ant Second Infantry, June 18, 1 S46.

He was brevetted captain of staff and served as
assistant adjutant-general from March 3, 1847, to March
3, 1855. During the war with Mexico, 1846-48, he was
engaged in the siege of Vera Cruz, March 9-29, 1847;
and participated in the battles of Cerro Gordo April 17-18,
1847; Contreras, August 19-20, 1847, and Cherubusco,
August 20, 1847; and was brevetted major " for gallant
and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and
Cherubusco, Mexico." He participated in the assault
and capture of the City of Mexico September 13-14, 1847,
and was "brevetted lieutenant-colonel September 13,
1S47, for gallant conduct at the Belen Gate of the City
of Mexico."

During 1847 and 184.X he was assistant adjutant-gen-
eral of General Riley's brigade, and from February 2~,
1 S49, to February 22, 1851, he served in the same
capacity to the Pacific Division. On February 22, 1851,
he was ordered to Washington, D. C, for duty in the
adjutant-general's office, and remained on duty there until
March 3, 1 S55, on which date he was promoted major
Tenth Infantry.

While on duty in the adjutant-general's office he made
a tour of inspection of the posts on the Arkansas and
Red Rivers in Florida, and on the Gulf coast east of the
Mississippi River, November 30, 1S53, to July 15, 1854.
He performed the usual garrison duties at Carlisle bar-
racks, Pennsylvania, 1855, and frontier duty at the posts
of Fort Crawford, Wisconsin, 1855-56; Fort Snelling,
Minnesota, 1856-57; and at Fort Garland, New Mexico,
i860. He accompanied the Utah expedition, 1857-60,
and commanded the Navajo expedition in 1860-61.

He was promoted lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth In-
fantry May 14, 1 86 1, and was in command of the Depart-
ment of New Mexico from June 2^,, 1861, to September
18, 1862. During January and February, 1862, he was
engaged in the defence of Fort Craig, New Mexico, and
participated in the combat of Valverde, February 21,
1S62, and action of Pualta, April 15, 1862.

On March 31, 1S62, he was commissioned brigadier-
general U. S. Volunteers and was placed in command of
the draft rendezvous at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, March
7, 1862, to January 15, 1863 ; detailed on special duty in
the War Department until May 7, 1864, and then took
command of the city and harbor of New York, to sup-
press draft riots.

He was promoted major-general U. S. Volunteers May
7, 1864.

He was in command of the Military Division of West
Mississippi May 16, 1864, to June 3, 1865, and while on
a tour of inspection was severely wounded by rebel gue-
rillas on White River, Arkansas, November 4, 1864; and
in command of the forces in the Mobile campaign, March
to May, 1865, which resulted in the capture of Spanish
Fort April 8, and of Blakely April 9, 1865. On March
13, 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general U. S. Army
for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Val-
verde, New Mexico. On April 12, 1865, he occupied
Mobile, Alabama ; and Montgomery, Alabama, on April
2j, 1865; ami on March 13, 1865, he was brevetted
major-general U. S. Army for gallant and meritorious ser-
vices in the capture of Fort Blakely and Mobile, Ala-
bama.

The rebel arm)' under Lieutenant- General R. Taylor
surrendered to him April 4, and also the rebel forces in
the Trans-Mississippi Department, under General E. K.
Smith, May 26, 1S65.

Promoted brigadier-general U. S. Army July 28, 1866.
He was mustered out of the volunteer service Septem-
ber 1, 1866.

General Canby twice received the thanks of the Presi-
dent for his services.

General Canby was in command of the Department
of the Columbia, and took command of an expedition
against the Modoc Indians in 1873, by whom he was
basely murdered on the nth of April of that year.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COLONEL CALEB H. CARLTON.

Colonel Caleb II. Carlton (Eighth Cavalry) was
born in Ohio September I, 1836, and was graduated from
the Military Academy in the Class of '59. He was pro-
moted brevet second lieutenant of the Seventh Infantry
July 1, 1859, anc' second lieutenant of the Fourth In-
fantry October 12, 1859. He served at Newport Bar-
racks, Kentucky, until April, i860, and was ordered to
Jefferson Barracks, to participate in Blake's expedition
from St. Louis, Missouri, to Fort Vancouver, via the
head-waters of the Missouri River and Military Road,
which occupied him until the following October. He
was then stationed at Fort Hoskins, the Presidio, and
San Bernardino, California, to October, 1861, when he
was ordered East with his regiment. He was promoted
first lieutenant May 14, [861, and captain June 30, [862.

Colonel Carlton was on provost duty with his regiment
in the city of Washington until March, 1862, when he
took the field with the Army of the Potomac, partici-
pating in the Peninsula campaign, and engaged in the
siege of Yorktown, battles of Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill,
second Bull Run, and Antietam. He was then detailed
on recruiting service to February, 1863, and then on
mustering duty at Washington to June, 1K63. He
received the appointment of colonel of the Eighty-ninth
Ohio Infantry July 7, 1863, and participated in the
campaign of that year with the Western arm)-, being
engaged in the battle of Chickamauga, Kenesaw Moun-
tain, and siege of Atlanta in [864.

He was made prisoner of war September 20, 1863,
and held by the enemy to March 7, 1864. After par-
ticipating in the Atlanta campaign, he was placed in
command of the post of Chattanooga, Tennessee, from
October 17, 1864, to Ma)' 13, [865, and was then com-
manding the Western District of Kentucky to June 23,
1865, when he was honorably mustered out of the
volunteer service.

Colonel Carlton then joined his regiment in the regular
service, and commanded the Fourth Infantry at Fort
Wood, New York, from July 2^ to September 28, 1865,
when his regiment was ordered to the Lakes, and he took
station at Fort Ontario, New York.

He was brevetted major Jul)- 4, 1S62, for " gallant and
meritorious services during the Peninsula campaign,"
and lieutenant-colonel September 20, 1863, for gallant
and meritorious services at the battle of Chickamauga.

In March, 1867, Colonel Carlton's regiment was ordered
to the Plains, and he served respectively in camp at
Omaha, and in garrison at Forts Laramie and Fetter-

man until March 23, 1869, when he became unassigned.

He was then detailed as professor of military science
at Miami University, < )hio, and remained on that duty
to October, 1 87 1 , he having in the mean time been assigned
as captain of the Tenth Cavalry December 15, 1870.
He was on leave in Europe from November, 1S72, to
June, 1873. He joined at Fort Sill, and was in the field
in the Kiowa ,md Comanche expeditions from June,
1 S73, to March, 1875, and then was ordered to Texas,
taking station at Fort McKavett, from which post he
took the field, from April 17, 1875, to July 11, 1876.
lie was promoted major of the Third Cavalry May 17,
1876, and was in the field, and on the Cheyenne expe-
dition in Dakota and Nebraska, from June to December
21, 187S, again in the field from October 8 to December,
1879, and again in June, 1880. He was on sick leave
from |ulv S, 1SS0, to June, iNSi.when he was appointed
inspector of national cemeteries to April, 1882. He
was again on leave to November, 1882, when he joined
his regiment in Arizona, and marched with it to Texas
in the spring of 1SS5, where he remained until Sep-
tember, 1886, and was at Forts Davis and Elliott until
July 25, 1887. He then marched with a battalion of
the Third Cavalry to Fort Brown, Texas, a distance of
one thousand miles, arriving there October 20, 1SS7.

Colonel Carlton was promoted lieutenant - colonel
Seventh Cavalry April 11, 1889, and ordered to Fort
Sill, Indian Territory, September 5, remaining at that
station until promoted colonel of the Eighth Cavalry,
with head-quarters at Fort Meade, North Dakota. He
is at present nil leave of absence in California.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

PAYMASTER JOHN RANDOLPH CARMODY, U.S.N.

Paymaster John Randolph Carmody was born at
Mohawk, New York, June 9, 1843. In July, 1862, the
subject of this sketch enlisted in the navy, and served
as paymaster's writer and clerk in the James and York-
Rivers, being present at many skirmishes and reconnois-
sances. As soon as he attained his majority he was ap-
pointed an acting assistant paymaster. He served in the
" Cincinnati," on the Mississippi, under Admiral Porter,
and was present at the operations on the Cumberland and
Tennessee Rivers which resulted in the defeat of the Con-
federate army under Hood. During these operations he
was employed in volunteer reconnoissance service on
shore, which he performed so satisfactorily as to elicit
a letter of special commendation from his commanding
officer.

Paymaster Carmody participated in the siege and cap-
ture of Mobile in the spring of 1865, and was present
at the surrender of the rebel naval forces on the Tombig-
bee River at the close of the war. He continued to serve
in the West Gulf Squadron until July, [866, when, in
recognition of his good war record, he was appointed an
assistant paymaster in the regular navy. During the
next two years he was again in the Gulf of Mexico, while
we were watching the events connected with Maximilian's
assumption of the imperial crown under the auspices and
with the support of Louis Napoleon.

Mr. Carmody was made passed assistant paymaster in
[868, and again went to Southern waters in the " Yantic,"
which vessel was for nearly a year constantly employed
about Hayti, protecting American interests during a
bloody revolution. The ship was then disabled by the
serious outbreak of yellow fevur, which carried off many

of the officers and crew. Paymaster Carmody survived
an attack of the disease, but never fully recovered his
health.

After the Franco-Prussian War, when Congress au-
thorized the conveyance to France in government ves-
sels of contributions to aid the distressed people of that
country, Paymaster Carmody was sent upon that busi-
ness in the store-ship " Relief."

On returning from this duty he was stationed at New
London and at New Orleans as disbursing officer. He
was then ordered to the " Monocacy," on the China and
Japan station, where he remained two years. From [877
to [879 he was in charge of the naval depot at Honolulu,
Sandwich Islands, during which time he was promoted
to be paymaster, with rank of lieutenant-commander.
He was next attached to the receiving-ship " Indepen-
dence," at the navy-yard, Marc Island, California, for
three years.

In 1883 the Naval Mutual Aid Association selected
Paymaster Carmody as their secretary and treasurer.
The Navy Department assigned him to that duty, and
he spent three years in managing its affairs and building
up the association, to the expressed satisfaction of its
members.

Having, in 1886, volunteered for duty in the " Vanda-
lia," fitting out for the Pacific, he was ready to sail when
he was detached and ordered to special duty as assistant
to the paymaster-general of the navy. He was specially
employed by the Secretary of the Navy in the work of
bringing about the consolidation of the accounts of naval
stores and the introduction of economic and business
methods in the purchase and care of supplies. For this
service he received a most complimentary letter from the
paymaster-general.

Close confinement to office-work brought a renewal of
ill health, and, in hope of improvement, he applied for sea-
duty. Again he went, in the steam-corvette " Galena,"
to the Home Station and the West Indies until exposure
to tropical climate brought on a recurrence of disease,
and he was invalided home in 1888. In the following
April, at his own request, he was placed upon the retired
list, under the category, " through physical incapacity
resulting from long and faithful service."

Since that period he has employed himself in journal-
istic writing, and has, beside, become actively identified
with the financial circles of the capital city. Among the
moneyed institutions of Washington, he was one of the
organizers ami directors of the West End National Bank,
and is the treasurer and a director of the largest financial
institution in that city, — the Washington Loan and Trust
Company; also member of the Board of Directors of
the Navy Mutual Aid Association and the Army and
Navy Club, and is a companion of the Military Order of
the 1 .oval Legion.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

MAJOR AND BREVET COLONEL L. H. CARPENTER.

Major and Brevet Colonel L. H. Carpenter (Fifth
Cavalry) belongs to a family identified with the early
history of Philadelphia. He is a lineal descendant of
Thomas Lloyd, first governor of the province of Penn-
sylvania, and of Samuel Carpenter, first treasurer of
that province and also a member of Penn's Provincial
Council.

Colonel Carpenter was born at Glassborough, New Jer-
sey, February i r, 1839. He was graduated at the Phila-
delphia High School, and remained for some time at the
University of Pennsylvania. He was a student when the
war broke out, and enlisted in the Sixth Cavalry No-
vember i, 1 86 1, and was commissioned second lieutenant,
Sixth Cavalry, Jul)' 17, 1862. He served in the Army of
the Potomac during a portion of the Peninsula campaign ;
was in the retreat to Yorktown, and in the cavalry cover-
ing Washington after the second battle of Bull Run, and
was engaged in the cavalry operations and skirmishes
connected with the advance of the army after Antie-
tam. He participated at the battle of Fredericksburg,
Stoneman's raid, and action at Beverly Ford June 9,
1863.

Colonel Carpenter was appointed acting adjutant, Sixth
Cavalry, June 12, 1863, and served in the campaign of
Gettysburg, — in various actions and combats, and in the
battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, and in pursuit of the
enemy; and in the Mine Run expedition. May 4, 1864,
he was detailed as acting aide-de-camp on the staff of
Major-General Sheridan, commanding Cavalry Corps,
and was engaged in the Richmond campaign, — battle of
the Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Sheridan's raid around
Richmond, May 9-24, 1864; battles of Yellow Tavern,
where Stuart was killed ; combat of Meadow Bridge,
May 27, 1864 ; guided advance of the Army of the Poto-
mac from Chesterfield Station, on the North Anna, to
Hanovertown, en route to Cold Harbor ; engaged in pre-
liminary actions and battle of Cold Harbor ; in Sheridan's
raid towards Gordonsville, June 7-28, 1864; battle of
Trevilian Station, June 11-12, 1864; siege of Peters-
burg, and many actions in connection therewith. On
August 10, 1864, he joined the Army of the Shenandoah
as acting aide-de-camp on the staff of General Sheridan,
commanding, and was engaged in many actions in the
Shenandoah Valley and in the battles of Winchester and
Fisher's Hill.

He was appointed lieutenant-colonel, Fifth U.S. Colored
Cavalry, September 28, 1864 and on October 2, 1864 was
ordered to Kentucky, commanding the regiment and post
of Camp Nelson, Kentucky. lie was promoted colonel,
Fifth U.S. Colored Cavalry, October 28, 1865, and mus-
tered out of the volunteer service at Helena, Arkansas,
March 15, 1866.

Colonel Carpenter was appointed captain, Tenth Cav-
alry, July 28, 1866. He has served since the war on the
plains, in the Indian campaigns of 1868 and 1874, against
the Sioux, Cheyennes, Comanches,and Kiowas in Kansas
and the Indian Territory, — that of 1868 being in relief
of Colonel Forsythe's command by a forced march, and
other Indian scouts.

Colonel Carpenter has been a member of numerous im-
portant boards, among which was the Cavalry Equipment
Board at Fort Leavenworth and Watervliet Arsenal in
1873, and Board for Purchase of Cavalry Horses for the
Department of Texas in 1S76. He assisted in quelling
a riot of Mexicans at San Martin, Texas, in 1877-78, and
subsequently engaged in a campaign against the Apaches
in Northwestern Texas in 1880. He was on leave of
absence in Europe in 1881-82, and, after rejoining his
regiment, marched with it down the Platte from Laramie
to Kansas in 1885, and the same year was detached, with
four troops, to Fort Reno, Indian Territory, to provide
against an outbreak of Cheyennes.

Colonel Carpenter was brevetted during the war to
lieutenant-colonel in the regular army and to colonel of
volunteers for gallant services at Gettysburg, Winches-
ter, and services during the war, and brevetted colonel
in the regular army for gallant services in the action
with Indians on Beaver Creek, Kansas, October 28,
1868. He was also mentioned in general orders for
same engagement.

He received his promotion to major. Fifth Cavalry,
February 17, 1X83, and commanded Fort Robinson,
Nebraska, 1883-85. He served at Fort Supply, 1885—
87, and commanded Fort Myer, Virginia, 1887-91. He
is now serving at Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY regular)

MAJOR HENRY CARROLL.

Major Henry Carroll (First Cavalry) was born in
Copenhagen, Lewis County, New York, May 20, [838.
He moved to Minnesota in i858,and enlisted asaprivate
in Light Battery E, Third Artillery, January 13, 1859, at
Fort Ridgely, Minnesota. He served through the grades
of corporal, sergeant, and first sergeant to July I, 1861.
He participated in an expedition against the Sioux
Indians in the summer of 1851) in Dakota Territory, and
took part in the occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, in
Ma)-, 1 86 1, followed by a reconnoissance and engage
nient at Blackburn's Ford, July 18, and battle of Bull
Run, July 21, same year. In October, 1861, he was in
an expedition to Fort Royal, South Carolina, and occu-
pied Hilton Head in November. Fi 1862 he was at
Fernandina and Jacksonville, Florida, in March; John's
Island, South Carolina, Ma)' and June, and James Island
same month, being engaged on James Island, June 10, in
battle of Fort Lamar or Secessionville ; in bombardment
and capture of Morris Island, July 10, 1863; attack on
Fort Wagner, July 10, and assaults on same position
August 23 and September 7 following. He was under
fire in an advanced battery alternate days during the siege
of Forts Wagner, Gregg, and Sumter, and was presented
a medal for gallant and meritorious conduct August 2^,
1863. He was wounded the same day.

Having been discharged January 13. [864, he re-
enlisted in Light Batten- G, Third Artillery, at Wash-
ington City, February 3, 1864, and joined Ninth Army
Corps, participating in the battle of the Wilderness and
the movements of the Ami)- of Potomac to Spottsyl-
vania until May 11, when he was ordered to Wash-
ington.

He was appointed second lieutenant Third U. S. Cav-

alry May 18, 1864, and joined his battery at Little Rock,
then attached to the Seventh Army Corps. Participated
in operations against Confederate cavalry in Arkansas in
1864-65, and was quartermaster of the Second Cavalry
Brigade (Powell's) and depot quartermaster at Duval's
Bluff, Arkansas, from June to November, 1865.

He was promoted first lieutenant April 14, 1866, and
was en route to Fort Union, New Mexico, through the
Indian Territory, from May to August of that year, per-
forming the duties of adjutant and quartermaster. He
then served at Fort Stevens, Colorado, and Los Finos,
New Mexico, to January, 1867, when he was promoted
to a captaincy in the Ninth Cavalry, joining the latter at
Fort Stockton, Texas. With the exception of a tour of
recruiting service at St. Louis and Chicago from January,
1873, to October, 1874, Major Carroll's service was at
numerous posts in Texas to 1876, where he was engaged
in scouting after Indians, stock-thieves, and murderers ;
in affair with Comanche and Kiowa Indians in September,
1869, on the head-waters of the Brazos River, and in the
reconstruction of civil affairs in Marion Count)- during
January and February, 1870. He was mentioned in
orders from head-quarters Fifth Military District, Austin,
Texas, in November, 1869, for the affair on the Brazos
River.

Changing station to New Mexico in 1876, we find the
major engaged in the following affairs: With Apache
Indians at Florida Mountains, September 15, 1876, for
which he was mentioned in orders, District of New
Mexico ; with Mescalero Apaches in Sacramento Moun-
tains, July 22, 1878, and Dog Canyon, Sacramento Moun-
tains, August 5, 1878 ; with Apaches in the San Andreas
Mountains, February 3, 1880; with Victoria's Apaches,
San Andreas Mountains, April 5-7, 1880, where he was
twice seriously wounded on the 6th, and was mentioned
in orders, District of New Mexico, and recommended for
the brevet of lieutenant-colonel. After this affair the
major was granted a sick leave of absence until March,
1 88 1, when we find him again scouting after Ute Indians
in Colorado and Utah in the summer of that year, for
which he was mentioned in orders, Fort Lewis, Colorado.
He was again in an affair with the Chiracahua Apaches
at Dragoon Mountains, Arizona, October 4, 1881, for
which he was mentioned in orders in the field, and espe-
cially mentioned by the department commander of Ari-
zona, October, 1881.

It would be impossible to follow the major in his
numerous changes of station in this short sketch, or the
duties which have fallen to his lot. His field of duty-
was removed to the Indian Territory in 1 88 1 . to Nebraska
in 1885, and in that year to Montana, having been pro-
moted major of the First Cavalry July 3, 1885. He
took part in the Sioux campaign of Dakota from No-
vember 24, 1890, to February 5, 1891.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

MAJOR-GENERAL SAMUEL S. CARROLL, U.S.A.
(retired).

Major-General Samuel S. Carroll (retired) was
born in Washington, D. C, September 21, 1832, and
graduated from the Military Academy July 1, 1S56. He
was promoted brevet second lieutenant of the Ninth
Infantry the same day. He was promoted second lieu-
tenant of the Tenth Infantry October 1, 1856; to a first
lieutenancy April 25, i86l,and to a captaincy November
1, 1861.

At the commencement of the Rebellion he was ten-
dered a first lieutenancy in the Nineteenth Infantry
May 14, 1861, which he declined. lie was appointed
colonel of the Eighth Ohio Infantry December 7, 1861,
and commanded this regiment in Virginia under Gen-
erals Kelly, Lander, and Shields, until May, 1862, when,
by the order of Secretary of War Stanton, he was made
acting brigadier-general of volunteers, and nominated for
the rank of brigadier.

General Carroll was assigned by General Shields to
the command of a brigade, and served in Shields's divi-
sion, Ricketts's division, M< Dowell's corps, and Whip-
ple's division of the Third Corps until April, 1863, when
he was assigned to the command of a brigade in French's
division of the Second Corps, then commanded by Gen-
eral Couch, and subsequently by General Hancock. He
commanded this brigade until May 13, [864.

During this period of servii e General Carroll partici-
pated in the campaigns, battles, and skirmishes in West
Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley under Generals
Kelly, Lander, and Shields. Joining the Army of the
Potomac in the fall of 1862, he participated in the Rap-
pahannock campaign and was engaged in the battles of
Fredericksburg, and afterwards in all t lie actions partici-
pated in by the Second Corps until May 13, 1864. He
was wounded while making a reconnoissance at " Rapi-
dan Station," just after the battle of Cedar Mountain in
1862; also wounded at Morton's Ford February 6,
1864; also wounded in the battle of the Wilderness,
May 5 and 9, and again wounded at the battle of Spott-
sylvania Court-House May 13, 1X64. He was appointed
brigadier-general of volunteers May 12, 1864. In Feb-
ruary, 1S65, General Carroll was assigned to the com-
mand of the Department of West Virginia for about six
weeks, then to the command of a division of the First
Veteran Corps (Hancock's) in the Shenandoah Valley,

and afterwards at Camp Stoneman, near Washington,
until August, 1865, when the division was disbanded.

lie received the following brevets: Major, May 3,
[863, f>r "gallant and meritorious services in the battle
of Chancellorsville ;" lieutenant-colonel, July 3, 1863, for
" gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettys-
burg, Pennsylvania;" colonel, Ma)' 5, 1864, for " gallant
and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness,
Virginia;" brigadier-general, March 13, 1865, for "gal-
lant and distinguished services in the eight clays' battles
in the old Wilderness and at Spottsylvania Court-House,
Virginia;" major-general, March 13, 1865, for "gallant
and meritorious services in the field during the war," and
major-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, for "gal-
lant and meritorious services during the war."

In August, 1865, General Carroll was assigned to the
command of the Military District in Virginia under
General Terry, which he retained until January, 1S66,
when he was mustered out of the volunteer service. In
consideration of his gallant conduct during the war, he-
was tendered the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Twenty-first
United States Infantry January 22, 1867, which he-
accepted April I, 1867, and on the 9th of June, 1869, he
was retired for wounds in the line of duty on the rank of
major-general. Since retirement he has lived in Mont-
gomery Count)', Maryland, at wdiat is now the suburban
village of "Takoma Park."

OFFICERS OF TUB ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

REAR-ADMIRAL AUGUSTUS LUDLOW CASH. U.S.N.

Rear-Admiral Augustus Ludlow Case was born in
Newburg, New York, in February, 1813, and appointed
midshipman in 1828. After cruising in Brazil and West
Indies, became passed midshipman in 1834. Served on
the Coast Survey and on the United States South Sea
Surveying and Exploring Expedition. While absent on
latter duty commissioned acting lieutenant, and con-
tinued to serve in the expedition from 1837 to 1842.

Commissioned as lieutenant February 25, 1S41 ; cruised
in frigate " Brandywine," East Indies, [843—45. During
Mexican War, in schooner " Mahonese," brig " Por-
poise," frigate " Raritan," sloops-of-war "John Adams"
and " Germantown," Gulf of Mexico, 1846—48. He was
present at and participated in the capture of Vera Cruz,
Alvarado, and Tabasco. After the landing of the troops,
on the first day, was in charge of the beach and superin-
tended the landing of men, ordnance, and stores for the
investment of Vera Cruz. Alter possession of Laguna
was taken by the " Porpoise," he was despatched, in a
" bungo" having one of the " Porpoise's" 42-pounder
carronades mounted on the bow, with Passed Midship-
man F. K. Murray and twenty-five men, up the Palisada
River to the town of the same name, which was captured
and held for a fortnight against a large body of cavalry
which almost daily threatened an attack. The object of
holding the town was to intercept and capture General
Santa Anna, wdio, it was supposed, would endeavor to
escape to Honduras via the Palisada passes. Cruising
in sloop-of-war " Vincennes," Pacific Ocean, 1849-51;
commanding sloop-of-war " Warren," Pacific Squadron,

1852—53 ; light-house inspector, third district, New York,
1853-57.

Commissioned as commander, September 14, 1S55;
waiting orders in 185S; commanding steamer "Cale-
donia," Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, in
1859; waiting orders in i860. In March, 1 861 , just at
the commencement of the Rebellion, Commander Case
was ordered to Washington as assistant to (then) Com-
modore Stringham, in the Office of Detail; but on
the assignment of the latter to the command of the
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, he was appointed
fleet-captain of it, and with him joined the steam-frigate
"Minnesota," at Boston, April 13. Subsequently served
in the same position with Flag-Ufficer L. M. Goldsbor-
ough and Acting Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee, who were
successively appointed to command the fleet, 1861-62.
He took part in the capture of Forts Clarke and Hat-
teras, August 28 and 29, 1861 ; Roanoke Island, Feb-
ruary 7 and 8, 1862; Sewell's Point (where, in passing
the heavy fortifications on Craney Island, he landed from
his " tug" and hauled down the large rebel flag there
flying) and Norfolk, May 10, 1862; and all of the gen-
eral active operations of the North Atlantic Fleet, until
January, 1863, when, it being understood that active
operations were over, and that the duty of the fleet
would be mostly confined to blockading, he was assigned
to the command of the steam-sloop " Iroquois," which
was fitted to look after the " Alabama," but was after-
wards attached to the North Atlantic Squadron. In
charge of the blockade of New Inlet, North Carolina,
1863; cut out the steamer "Kate" from under Fort
Fisher and the other batteries at New Inlet, aided by
the steamers "James Adger" and "Mount Vernon," in
August, 1863.

Commissioned as captain January 2, 1863; special
duty, Washington, in 1864; navy-yard, New York-, 1864-
65 ; fleet-captain, European Squadron, 1865-66.

Commissioned as commodore December 8, 1867;
light-house inspector, third district, New York, 1867-69.

Chief of Bureau of Ordnance, 1869-73.

Commissioned as rear-admiral May 24, 1872; com-
manding European Squadron 1873-75, aiu' combined
European North and South Atlantic Fleets, assembled at
Key West, Florida, 1874, for special service in connec-
tion with the steamer " Virginius" difficulties, and for
ordnance, torpedo, and fleet-practice and tactics, etc.
Total sea-service, twenty-four years ten months ; shore
or other duty, twelve years.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COLONEL AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL

SILAS CASEY, U.S.A.

(deceased).

Colonel and Brevet Major-General Silas Casey
(deceased), son of Elizabeth (Goodale) and Wanton
Casey, and nephew of Dr. Lincoln Goodale, whom he
succeeded in 1870, was born in East Greenwich, Rhode
Island, July 12, 1807; died at Brooklyn, New York,
January 22, 1882. His grandfather, Silas, an extensive
importing-merchant before the Revolution, and his
father, Wanton, who was educated in France during
Franklin's residence there, were natives of East Green-
wich. In his youth was educated at the academy in his
native town and at West Point; on graduating July 1,
1S26, was appointed brevet second lieutenant in Seventh
Infantry, stationed at Fort Towson, Arkansas. His sub-
sequent commissions are as follows : Second lieutenant,
1829; assistant commissary subsistence, February, 1836;
first lieutenant, June, 1836; captain, July, 1839; brevet-
major for Contreras and Churubusco, August 20, 1847;
brevet lieutenant-colonel for Chapultepec, September 13,
1847 ; lieutenant-colonel Ninth Infantry, March 3, 1855 ;
brigadier-general of volunteers, August 31, 1861 ; colonel
Fourth Infantry, October 9, 1861 ; brevet brigadier-gen-
eral U. S. Army and major-general volunteers for Fair
( )aks, May 31, 1862; brevet major-general U. S. Army,
March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services dur-
ing the Rebellion.

During the Florida War he was appointed captain in a
regiment of Creek Indian volunteers. He distinguished
himself in the battle of Pilaklikaha (April 19, 1842), and
was recommended by Colonel Worth, his commander,
for the brevet of major. He was engaged in Mexico in
battles of Contreras and Churubusco ; and at the storm-
ing of the castle of Chapultepec, while leading his men
through a terrible fire, was severely wounded in the ab-
domen when near the Mexican batteries. For his services
and conduct in the war with Mexico he received a beau-
tiful silver vase from the inhabitants of his native town
and a resolution of thanks from the Legislature of Rhode
Island. In November, 1 851, while stationed in Califor-
nia, Casey attacked and defeated the Coquille River In-
dians, whom he completely subdued.

In March, 1856, Lieutenant-Colonel Casey, in a cam-
paign of twenty-five days, completely subdued the Puget
Sound Indians in Washington Territory. Pending the
controversy between the United States and the British
government respecting the boundaries of each in that
Territory, Lieutenant-Colonel Casey occupied and forti-
fied San Juan Island, which place was, by agreement be-
tween General Scott and the British authorities, afterward
occupied jointly by the two nations.

Was assigned at breaking out of Civil War to the duty

of organizing into brigades, disciplining, and instructing
the volunteer troops arriving at Washington, D.C. On
March 22, [862, he was assigned to the command of a
division in the Army of the Potomac, and accompanied
it under General McClellan to the Peninsula. Having
been, contrary to his advice and opinion, ordered to Seven
Pines 1 Pair Oaks), where his division was within six
miles of Richmond without support on cither flank, he
commenced work energetically, digging rifle-pits and cut-
ting abatis to strengthen as much as possible his false
position. Here, on May 31, Casey was attacked by an
overwhelming force under Generals Longstreet and Hill,
and after a severe conflict of three hours was driven from
his position with a loss of fourteen hundred and thirty
in killed, wounded, and missing, out of a total force of
less than five thousand men. Says an eye-witness : " The
veteran warrior Casey had been in the thickest of the
fight, directing and animating . . . and nearly one-third
of his command had found a soldier's death, or were
maimed and helpless from the fight."

Besides his promotion, General Casey received the
thanks of the Legislature of his native State for his
bravery and skill in this battle. On June 30 he was
relieved from the command of his division by General
McClellan, and ordered to the White House on the
" Pamunkey," where he successfully performed the duty
of evacuating that depot, destroying supplies that could
not be taken away. On August 1 1 he was again placed
on duty to receive, organize, and instruct the volun-
teers arriving at Washington ; and on this date the
system of tactics for the United States Army by Casey
was adopted by the government. During his period of
duty in Washington General Casey equipped, organized,
and in a preliminary manner instructed about three
hundred thousand volunteer troops. He was, in July
iS. [868, retired at his own request.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN SILAS CASEY, U.S.N.

Captain Silas Casey was born in Rhode Island upon
a family place between Kingston and Narragansett Pier,
on September 11, 1S41. His father was General Silas
Casey, of the U. S. Army, whose long service in the army,
as well as his distinguished conduct in McClellan's Penin-
sula campaign, made his name well known to the country
at large. Captain Casey's brother is now the chief of the
Engineer Department of the U.S. Army; and another
brother, Lieutenant Edward Casey, of the U. S. cavalry,
was foully murdered only a short time ago' bv Western
Indians, in whose interest he was endeavoring to make
parley. It was a most lamentable thing, especially as
Lieutenant Case}- was a true friend of the Indians, and
had succeeded — among the fust — in drilling some of]
them into soldiers.

Captain Silas Casey was appointed an acting midship-
man in September, 1856. After four years at the I'. S.
Naval .Academy, he graduated in i860, and was ordered
to the steam-frigate" Niagara," then one of the remarka-
ble naval vessels. The march of events was rapid in

those days, and Casey found himself a master in the navy
in 1 86 1, at which time he was serving off Pensacola, in

engagements with the Confederate batteries.

He was commissioned lieutenant in July, 1862, six
years alter his appointment as acting midshipman, and
served as executive-officer of the gun-boat " Wissa-
hickon," on the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron,
in 1862-63. Was in several engagements with Fort
McAllister during 1862. He served in the first attack
upon Charleston under Admiral I)u Pont, and then for a
long time was executive-officer of the " Quaker City," in
the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, during which
period he participated in the two attacks upon Port
Fisher.

After the war closed he was navigating-officer of the
" Winooski," of the Atlantic Squadron, from 1865 to 1867.
He was commissioned as lieutenant-commander in July,
1866, ami was then stationed at the U. S. Naval Acad-
emy for three years. Lieutenant-Commander Casey was
then ordered as executive-officer of the steam-frigate
" Colorado," flag-ship of the Asiatic Squadron, where he
remained from 1870 to 1873. He was in command of
the battalion of sailors from the fleet in the Corean expe-
dition, and the assault on Fort McKee (Elbow Fort),
Seoul River, in June, 1872. Upon his return from this
long and arduous cruise, he was upon ordnance duty at
the Philadelphia Navy- Yard during 1873 and 1874. Com-
missioned as commander in June, 1 874, ami in 1875-76
was in command of the "Portsmouth," sloop-of-war.
He was inspector of the Twelfth Light-House District
from 1876 to 1879, anc' commanded the " Wyoming" and
" Quinnebaug," of the pAiropean Squadron, in 1880-S2.
He then served a term as equipment-officer at the Nav v-
Yard, Washington, I). C, and was inspector of the Fifth
Light-Mouse District, and in command of the " Dale,"
up to 1889. In February, 1889, he was commissioned
captain. I le was ordered to the command of the U. S. S.
"Newark'," in July, 1890, which command he still re-
tains.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL THOMAS LINCOLN CASEY.

Brioadier-General Thomas Lincoln Casey (Corps
of Engineers) was born in New York-. He is the son of
General Silas Casey, deceased, who was retired as colo-
nel of the Fourth Infantry. Young Casey was gradu-
ated at the U. S. Military Academy in the Class of 1852,
and promoted brevet second lieutenant of the Corps of
Engineers. He served at West Point, attached to the
company of sappers, miners, and pontoniers, the year he
graduated ; and was then the assistant engineer in the
construction of Fort Delaware and works of harbor and
river improvement in Delaware River and Bay until
1854, when he was detailed at the U. S. Military Acad-
emy as assistant instructor of practical engineering, and
serving with engineer troops to June 27, 1857 ; then
made principal assistant professor of engineering, which
position he occupied to August 31, 1859.

He was promoted second lieutenant June 22, 1854, and
first lieutenant December 1, 1856.

Being ordered to the Pacific coast in 1859, he was in
command of a detachment of engineer troops in Wash-
ington Territory, and in charge of the construction of a
wagon-road from Vancouver to Cowlitz, Oregon, and in
selecting and surveying military reservations on Puget
Sound from 1858 to 1 861.

He served during the rebellion of the seceding States
as engineer at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on the staff of the
general commanding the Department of Virginia, from
June 11 to August 15, 1861 ; as superintending engineer
of the permanent defences and field fortifications upon the
coast of Maine, and on recruiting service for engineer
troops; on special duty with the North Atlantic Squad-
ron, during the first expedition to Fort Fisher, North
Carolina, December 8-29, 1864, and as member of special
board of engineers for work at Willett's Point, New York,
from April 7 to June 20, 1865.

He was promoted captain of the Corps of Engineers
August 6, 1861, and major October 2, 1863, and bre-
vetted lieutenant-colonel and colonel March 13, 1865, for
" faithful and meritorious services during the Rebellion."

Colonel Casev was member of the board of engineers

fir work at Forts Preble, Scammel, Knox, and Popham,
from August, 1865, to February, 1866, when he was
granted leave of absence from July 26, 1866, to February
25, 1867. He was then detailed as superintending engi-
neer of the construction of Forts Preble and Scammel,
Portland harbor, Maine, and other important works, from
March 1, 1867, to March 3, 1877, when he was appointed
colonel and in charge of public buildings and grounds at
Washington, D. C, retaining this position until April 1,
1 88 1. He was placed in charge of the construction of
the State, War, and Navy Department building, March,
1877, which building he completed March, 1888, of the
Washington National Monument in 1878, which he com-
pleted December 6, 1884.

He was promoted lieutenant-colonel of Engineers Sep-
tember 2, 1874; colonel March 12, 1884, and brigadier-
general and chief of engineers July 6, 1888. Since that
time he has been stationed in Washington, D. C, at the
head of his bureau. He has been a member of the Mas-
sachusetts Society of the Cincinnati since 1882, of the
National Academy of Sciences since 1890, and an
" Officer" of the Legion of Honor of France since Jan-
uary, 1890.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY [regular)

COLONEL ISAAC S. CATLIN.

Colonel Isaac S. Catlin (retired) was born at

Oswego, New York, July 8, (835. When the Rebellion
was inaugurated, he was a member of the law-firm
of Tracy and Catlin at Owego, New York, the senior
member being the present Secretary of the Navy, Hon-
orable Benjamin F. Tracy. Catlin was also mayor of
Owego at that time, having been elected in November,
[860, without opposition. On the 17th of April, [861,
the date el Lincoln's first proclamation for volunteers,
he officially approved a call for a meeting to raise a
company of volunteers. On that evening he enrolled
himself, with others, as an enlisted man, and before the
meeting adjourned the minimum number of men for a
company was enrolled, with himself unanimously elected
as captain. It is claimed to have been one of the first,
if not the very first, company of actual volunteers enlisted
in this State. The company was attached to the Third
New York Volunteers. Me served with it .it Big Bethel,
Virginia. In March, [862, he resigned for the purpose
of raising a new regiment, and when General B. F.
Tracy was assigned to the Twenty-fourth Senatorial or
Regimental District by Governor E. D. Morgan, Catlin
was first made adjutant of the post, then lieutenant-colo-
nel of the One Hundred and Ninth New York Volun-
teers.

lie served in the field with the Army of the Potomac
during the war of the Rebellion ; had separate command
in [863-64 at Falls Church, Virginia, which was kept
in active service watching the predatory movements of
Mosby and other guerillas; in May, 1 864, his regiment
joined the Ninth Corps, and was assigned to the First
Brigade, Third Division; he was sick in hospital at
Washington, D.C., with gastric fever, for several weeks
after the action at Gaines' Farm, Virginia; he rejoined

command in front of Petersburg, Virginia, July, 1864;
and on July 30, while commanding a Provisional Brigade
of three regiments at the battle of the " Crater," he lost
his right leg and received other severe wounds. As
soon as he recovered sufficiently to walk with crutches,
the Secretary of War assigned him to duty as President
of a Court-Martial and Military Commission at Wash-
ington, D.C., where he served with his brevet rank of
major-general until mustered out June 4, [865. In
[867, by reason of the severity of his wounds, he
applied for a captaincy in the arm_\-, to which he was
promptly appointed; and in May, 1S70, he was retired
as a colonel of infantry, being the lineal rank he held
when wounded. He participated in the battle of Big-
Bethel, Virginia, March, 1862; Wilderness, and succeed-
ing engagements; Spottsylvania, North Anna, Gaines'
Farm, and other engagements from the Rappahannock
to James River, and in the battle of the "Crater," in
front of Petersburg, Virginia, 18(14. After the wounding
of Colonel Tracy, May 6, [864, he commanded his
regiment in all engagements up to Gaines' Farm, and
commanded a Provisional Brigade at the battle of the
" Crater," as stated above.

He was made brevet major L'.S.A. May 6, 1S67, for
gallant and meritorious services in the battle of the
Wilderness, Virginia; brevet lieutenant-colonel May 6,
[867, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle
of Petersburg, Virginia; brevet brigadier-general of
volunteers March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious
services during the war; brevet major-general of volun-
teers March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services
in the battles before Petersburg, Virginia. In the report
of Colonel Frederick Townsend, commanding ( >ne Hun-
dred and Ninth New York, with regard to the battle of
Big Bethel, Virginia, he said of him : " He was at Bethel,
and I do not hesitate to say there was no man or officer
more distinguished on that field than he."

After the war, in 1865, he was nominated for District
Attorney of Tioga County, New York, and received the
largest majority ever given a candidate in that county.
In 1 S70 he was appointed assistant United States District
Attorney, which position he held for two years, and then
went into partnership with General Tracy, the present
Secretary of the Navy, in the practice of the law. In
[874 he was nominated for District Attorney in Kings
County, New York, but subsequently retired. In 1S77
he was again, against his own protest, unanimously
nominated by acclamation, and, overcoming an opposing
majority of about 14,000, he was elected by about 3000
majority. He was unanimously renominated by accla-
mation in 1S80, and, .welcoming a normal opposing
majority of 9600, he was elected by about i i ,ooo. In
[885 he was nominated by the County Convention, by
acclamation, for Surrogate, but declined peremptorily.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

§3

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HENRY L. CH1PMAN
(retired).

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry L. Chipman was born in
Canandaigua, New York, February 23, 1823. He en-
tered the volunteer service as lieutenant-colonel of the
Second Michigan Infantry May 25, 1861, and resigned
June 24, 1861, to accept the appointment of a captaincy
in the Eleventh United States Infantry, to date from May
14, 1 861 . He joined head-quarters Eleventh Infantry
at Fort Independence, Massachusetts, and remained there
until October 14, assisting in organizing the regiment,
and was then ordered to Perryville, Maryland; and was
engaged doing guard duty here until March, 1862, when
he joined the Army of the Potomac, and served contin-
ually with this army until April, 1864; went through
the Peninsula campaign under General McClellan ; on
a reconnoissance from the Potomac River to Leetown,
Virginia; the troops fording the river had continuous
sharp skirmishing for two days, until the command re-
crossed the river, near Shepherdstown, Virginia, he being
engaged on the skirmish-line the most of the time;
March 21, 1863, he was appointed by Major-General
Meade acting assistant inspector-general of the Second
Division, Fifth Corps, (Sykes's regulars) and was on
this duty until April 1, 1864, when, having been
appointed colonel of the One Hundred and Second Regi-
ment United States Colored Troops, he left the Army of
the Potomac and went with regiment to Hilton Head,
South Carolina. On the 30th of August, 1864, he went
with regiment to Jacksonville, Florida, and was engaged
in destroying the railroad leading from Jacksonville to
Tallahassee, Florida ; built an earthwork at Magnolia,
on the St. John's River; and was then sent to Beaufort,
South Carolina, with regiment, where he remained until
November 30, 1864, in command of an extended picket
line, taking in three of the Sea Islands. At the above
date he started with five companies of regiment to join
an expedition, under command of General John P. Hatch,
at Boyd's Landing, South Carolina, for the purpose of
capturing the Charleston and Savannah Railroad; the
result was a severe battle at Honey Hill, South Carolina ;
he commanded a brigade a part of the time during this
battle. Two days after he commanded a reconnoissance
towards the railroad, about five miles from where the
battle was fought, and had a sharp skirmish with the
enemy. On the 9th of December, 1864, another attempt
was made to capture the railroad, about thirty miles dis-
tant from Honey Hill, and in this affair, which was quite
severe, he commanded a brigade composed of three regi-
ments and a battalion of sailors and marines from the
navy ; he was with the first troops that entered Charles-
ton, South Carolina. On April 1, 1S65, left Charleston
with two wasfon-loads of ammunition and two hundred

and fifty men to join an expedition at Nelson's Fern', on
the Santee River, a command from Georgetown, South
Carolina, under General Potter; on reaching the ferry
learned that he had gone on towards Camden, some days
before, so crossed the river and followed his command
foi' five days, fighting his way through to him; one
officer and nine men were wounded and one man killed
while making this march. The day after joining General
Porter he took his own regiment and five companies of
another regiment to drive the enemy from a strong earth-
work immediately in their front and across the road of
the line of march ; turned the enemy's flank and drove
him out after a severe fight of thirty minutes. On the
17th of April, 1865, while on the march back to George-
town, the enemy sent in a flag of truce with the intelli-
gence of the surrender of Generals Lee and Johnston,
and of the assassination of President Lincoln.

Colonel Chipman also participated in the siege of York-
town, battles of Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, second Bull
Run, Antictam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys-
burg, and affair at Rappahannock- Station. Was bre-
vetted major for " gallant and meritorious services at
Chancellorsville," and lieutenant-colonel for same at Get-
tysburg ; and was also made brevet brigadier-general
of volunteers for gallant and meritorious services during
the war. Promoted major of the Third Inf. Oct. 1873,
and lieutenant-colonel of the Seventh Inf. May 19, 1881.

When the Third Infantry, of which he was major,
moved from Corinne, Utah, to Helena, Montana, it
marched five hundred miles in thirty days over the
Rocky Mountains, when the temperature at times was
sixteen degrees below zero and the ground covered with
snow, which had to be scraped away to pitch tents.

Colonel Chipman was retired from active service Feb-
ruary 1, 1887, and now resides in San Antonio, Texas.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (xegvla/d

CAPTAIN WM. H. CLAPP.

Captain Wm. H. Clapp (Sixteenth Infantry) was bom
in Ohio, September 7, 1S36, and at the breaking out of
the war of the Rebellion entered the volunteer service
as a private in Company A, of the Seventy-first New
York Infantry, April 19, 1861, from which he was dis-
charged July 30, 1861. Feeling still the ambition to
serve his country after his first three months' experience
in that regiment in the battle of the first Bull Run, he
again came into service September 25, 1861, as second
lieutenant of the Forty-second Ohio Infantry, and was
promoted first lieutenant March 14, [862. He was an
aide-tie-camp of volunteers from December 19, 1S61, to
April 1, 1862, when he received the appointment of
adjutant of the Forty-second Ohio Infantry, and was
assistant adjutant-general of volunteers on the staff of
Major-General Heron from May, 1862, to July, 1864,

participating in the campaign in Eastern Kentucky, and
engaged in the actions of Middle Creek ami capture of
Cumberland Gap. lie then participated in the Missis-
sippi campaign, and was engaged in the action of Taze-
well, Tennessee. He followed the fortunes and misfor-
tunes of the army in the investment of Vicksburg, being
engaged in the first assault mi the works about that
city, the action of Chickasaw Bayou, the capture of
Arkansas Post, and the siege of Vicksburg. He was
also engaged in the capture of Yazoo City.

He was appointed captain and assistant adjutant-gen-
eral of volunteers May 15, 1863. The captain's field
of duty was subsequently transferred to Texas, and we
find him present at the capture and surrender of Browns-
ville, Texas, and the Trans-Mississippi Department. He
was honorably mentioned in General Orders, by Major-
General Heron, for conduct at the siege of Vicksburg,
and received the brevets of major and lieutenant-colonel
of volunteers March 13, 1865, for " faithful and merito-
rious services during the war."

Captain Clapp entered the regular service as second
lieutenant of the Eleventh United States Infantry Febru-
ary 23, 1 866, and was promoted first lieutenant the same
day. He was adjutant of the First Battalion of the
Eleventh Infantry from August 9 to December 5, 1866,
when he was appointed regimental adjutant. He occu-
pied this position until April 14, 1869, when, by the con-
solidation of regiments, he was transferred to the Six-
teenth Infantry. His services from that time have been
connected with the movements of that regiment, of
which he was appointed adjutant May 1, 1872, retaining
the office until August 1, 1874, when he was made regi-
mental quartermaster. He was promoted captain De-
cember 25, 1874. He served in various States and
Territories, and finally became located at Fort Douglas,
Utah, which is now his post of duty.

WHO SERVED IX THE CIVIL MAR.

MAJOR AND BREVET-COLONEL JOSEPH C.CLARK, JR. '

(RETIRED '.

Major and Brevet-Colonel Joseph C. Clark, Jr.
(retired), was born at Mount Holly, New Jersey, No- |
vember 28, 1825. He was graduated at the United
States Military Academy in the Class of 1848, and was
assigned as brevet second lieutenant to the Third United
States Artillery and promoted to second lieutenant
Fourth United States Artillery January 6, 1849; first
lieutenant of the same regiment December 11, 1850, and
captain May n, 1861. He was assigned to duty in the
Mathematical Department United States Military Acad-
emy August 28. 1849, and remained on this duty until
August 28, 185 1, when relieved at his own request. Was
assigned to duty as assistant United States Coast Sur-
vey, 1S54, and was engaged in the triangulation of the
coast of Maine, New York Harbor, and Hudson River;
in the survey of the Florida Reefs and Keys and
approaches to Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Was relieved
from this duty at his own request, 1858. At the
commencement of the Rebellion was stationed at Camp
Floyd, afterwards named Camp Crittenden, Utah, and on
the withdrawal of the troops from this post for active
service in the field was left in command of Fort Bridger.
After several applications for active service he was
relieved from duty at Fort Bridger ami took command
in January, 1862, of Light Battery " E," Fourth United
States Artillery, in Lander's division in West Virginia.
With this division, under General Shields in the Shenan-
doah Valley, took active part in the first Winchester
battle March 23, 1862, and Port Republic June 8 and 9.
As chief of artillery Reno's division Ninth Army Corps
took active part in the battles of second Bull Run, Kettle
Run, Chantilly, and South Mountain, and at Antietam
had his horse killed under him, and received four severe
wounds which completely disabled him from further

active service. Was assigned to duty at the United
States Military Academy, West Point, as principal assist-
ant in the Philosophical Department August 29, 1863,
and remained on this duty until February 21, 1870, when
he was relieved under the Act of Congress which prohib-
ited officers on the retired list being assigned to any
military duty. He was retired from active service as
captain May 11, 1SO4, and as major July 28, 1866, on
account of wounds received in line of duty. Was
appointed deputy governor of the Soldiers' Home,
Washington, 1). C, 1S75, but was relieved from this
duty May 1, 1877, on his own application on account of
disability resulting from wounds received at Antietam.
He was brevctted major for gallant and meritorious ser-
vices in the campaign of the Shenandoah Valley, Vir-
ginia, June 9, 1862; lieutenant-colonel for gallant anil
meritorious services in the battle of Antietam, Maryland,
September 17, 1862, and colonel for gallant and meri-
torious services during the war March 13, 1865.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NA VY {regular)

MEDICAL DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER
BORNE, M.D., U.S.N.

IAMES CLE-

Christopher James Cleborne, M.D., was born De-
cember 16, 1 838, and was educated abroad at the Collegiate
School of St. James and the Brunswick Academy, Bristol,
England. He began the study of medicine at Edinburgh
in 1856, and was graduated at the University of Pennsyl-
vania in 1860, and the same year was made resident
physician of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the unexpired
term of the late Dr. Thomas B. Reed, — was locum tenens
of Drs. Conrad and Lewis of that hospital. He was
elected a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences
July 31, i860, and in 1861 was appointed an attending
physician of the Moyamensing House of Industry.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, though most of his
family joined the Confederacy, he entered the service of
the United States as assistant surgeon May 9, 1 861, and
was attached to the sloop-of-war "Jamestown," North
Atlantic Squadron, from May, 1S61, to January, 1862,
and participated in the destruction of the "Alvarado,"
under batteries at Fernandina, August 5, 1861. He was
ordered, in 1862, to the sloop-of-war " Dale," South At-
lantic Squadron, and was in expedition to Stono River,
engagements on South Edisto, and saw temporary service
with Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Regiment at Otter Island,
South Carolina, 1862 ; ordered to gun-boat " Aroostook,"
West Gulf Squadron, 1S63; in operations of Mobile, 1863.
He was commissioned surgeon, with the rank of lieuten-
ant-commander, November 24, 1S63 ; at naval rendezvous,

Philadelphia, 1S64 ; ordered to the U.S.S. " Ticonderoga,"
South Atlantic Squadron, and coast of Brazil, 1864-65 ;
present at both battles of Fort Fisher, December, 1864,
when the " Ticonderoga," soon after going into action,
lost, by the bursting of her Parrott-gun, twenty-one killed
and wounded ; present at the bombardment and capture of
Fort Fisher January 1 5, 1865. He was ordered, as judge-
advocate of the Naval Retiring Board, to Philadelphia
in [865 ; attached to the flag-ship " Rhode Island," West
India Squadron, in 1866, and in charge of U.S.S. " Bien-
ville" during epidemic of yellow fever in 1S66; judge-
advocate of Naval Retiring Board, 1S67, and was elected
a member of the Conchological Society of Philadelphia
March 7, 1867; attached to sloop-of-war "Saratoga,"
1868-69; flag-ship " Powhatan," 1870; a member of the
Naval Medical Examining Board, Philadelphia, 1870!
ordered to Naval Station, League Island, 1871 ; elected
a member of the Pennsylvania- Historical Society Sep-
tember 23, 1S72; attached to sloops-of-war "Juniata,"
" Plymouth," " Brooklyn," and " Congress," in European
Squadron, 1872-74; ordered to navy-yard, Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, 1875-78 ; delegate to American Medical
Association in 1876; commissioned medical inspector,
with rank of commander, January 6, 1878; on special
duty in Portsmouth from November, 1878, to April, 1879;
ordered to flag-ship " Tennessee," as fleet-surgeon of the
North Atlantic Squadron, 1879-8] ; attached to the navy-
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1S81-84; elected a
member of the Historical Society of Virginia in 1883;
memberof Medical Examining Board, Philadelphia, 1884
-87 ; appointed one of the vice-presidents of the Inter-
national Medical Congress June 4, 1886; chairman of
the Medical Committee of the Constitutional Centennial
in 18S7, and organized the Volunteer Medical Corps of
the Centennial in September, 1887 ; commissioned medi-
cal director, with the rank of captain, September, 1887;
elected president of the Volunteer Medical Association of
Philadelphia in 18S7 ; director of Naval Hospital, Norfolk,
Virginia, January, (888, and director of Naval Hospital,
Chelsea, 1891.

Dr. Cleborne is a grandson of the late William Cleborne,
of Derinsolla, — representative of the Westmoreland family
of that name, a branch of which was settled at Roman-
coke, Virginia, by Secretary William Claiborne, early in
the seventeenth century.

The present station of Medical Director Cleborne is at
Boston, where he is in charge of the Chelsea Naval Hos-
pital, and is, ex officio, a trustee of the National Sailors'
Home at Quincy, Massachusetts.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER
JOHN LINCOLN CLEM, U.S.A.

Captain and Assistant Quartermaster John Lin-
coln Clem was born in Newark, Ohio, August 13, 185 1.
He entered the volunteer service, at the breaking out of
the Rebellion, as a drummer in May, 1861, but on
account of his youth (not ten years old) was not enlisted,
although he served as a drummer in Company C,
Twenty-second Michigan Infantry until he was enlisted,
May 1, 1863. He served in the field in the Army of the
West ; was promoted sergeant of Company C, Twenty-
second Michigan Infantry at the battle of Chickamauga,
and was honorably discharged from the volunteer service
September 19, 1864.

Captain Clem is probably the youngest soldier on
record, and began active service when about eleven
years of age. Shortly after the death of his mother, he
offered his services to the Third Ohio Regiment as
drummer, but was rejected, being then not ten years of
age. He afterwards offered himself to the Twenty-
second Michigan Regiment, but was again rejected. He
determined, however, to cast his fortunes with the
Twenty-second Michigan, and April, 1862, found him
beating the " long-roll" before Shiloh, where his bravery
was so great that he was mustered in, and was known as
"Johnny Shiloh." But it was on the 23d of September,
1863, at the battle of Chickamauga, that he won the
name which will live long after he has passed away.
Here, though just passed his twelfth year, he had laid
aside the drum for the musket, and, after acting for a
while as a marker, with a musket, the barrel of which
had been cut down expressly for his use, he took his
place in the ranks. As the day closed and the army
retired to Chattanooga, his brigade was ordered to sur-
render by the enemy, and " Little Johnny" himself was
covered by the sword of a Confederate colonel, but
quickly bringing his gun into position he shot the Con-
federate colonel. His regiment was then fired into, and,
falling as if shot, the juvenile soldier laid close until
dark-, when he went to Chattanooga and joined his com-
mand. For his bravery he was made a sergeant by
General Rosecrans, and attached to the head-quarters of

the Army of the Cumberland, and was presented with a
silver medal by Miss Kate Chase, a daughter of the chief
justice. He was afterwards captured and held prisoner
for sixty-three days, and after his release was made
orderly sergeant by General Thomas, who had succeeded
General Rosecrans, and was attached to his staff. At
the close of the war he went to school and graduated at
the Newark High School. In 187 1 General Grant, in
recognition of his merits, appointed him second lieuten-
ant of the Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, and served on
signal duty at Fort Whipple, Virginia, during the years
1872-73; then ordered to the Artillery School at Fort
Monroe, Virginia, from which he graduated in 1875 ; he
was after this detailed as Professor of Military Science at
Galesville University, where he served from June 8, 1879,
to May 4, 1882.

Joining his regiment in Texas, he remained with it
until appointed a captain and assistant quartermaster
and ordered to Schuylkill Arsenal, Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, May 4, 1882, where he remained until trans-
ferred to Fort McHenry in 1883. In 1886 he was
assigned to duty as depot quartermaster at Ogden, L^tah,
and in 1888 removed to Columbus, Ohio, doing duty as
depot quartermaster at Columbus Barracks, his present
station.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

COLONEL DAVID RAMSAY CLENDENIN.

Colonel David Ramsay Clendenin was born in Lan-
caster County, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1830, his family
connection embracing the names of Colonel John Steele
and David Ramsay. When but a youth, Colonel Clen-
denin visited Illinois and remained to complete his edu-
cation at Galesburg Knox College, of which institution
he is an alumnus.

In the summer of 1861 he raised a company of volun-
teers for the Eighth Illinois Cavalry (General Farns-
worth) and at the organization of the regiment at St.
Charles, Illinois, on September 18, 1861, he was made
major of the regiment. For the next four years the
Eighth Illinois Cavalry was identified with the Arm)' of
tlir Potomac, and the duties peculiar to cavalry brought
them into scenes of danger and distress and gave oppor-
tunities of heroism.

lie participated in the fatigue and exposure and fight-
ing of the Peninsula campaign, taking his share of
roughing it. At the battle of Upperville he had two
horses shot under him. At one time (at llaxall's Land-
ing), when alone with an orderly, inspecting pickets, a
bullet from a rebel picket passed through his hat, the
orderly also receiving some bullets through his clothes.
When pushing ahead of the command with a squadron
of the Eighth Illinois and a squadron of the Sixth
Pennsylvania, as escort to the engineer officer, he cap-
tured a supply-train of the enemy, which had with it
negro laborers, which he sent back to our lines as con-
traband of war.

General Hooker, in command of the Army of the
Potomac, before the battle of Gettysburg, in the spring
of 1863, when the army was in front of Fredericksburg,
ordered him to take three days' rations and make a raid
with his men along the fords of the James River and

break up the contraband trade of ammunition and sup-
plies. He was gone eleven days, and captured rebels
and trains, three times as man)- men as under his com-
mand, and broke up the trade.

He was in the three-days' fight at Fredericksburg, at
Coal Harbor, Kent Court-House, Cumberland, White
House, Mechanicsville, First and Second Malvern Hill,
and other battles of the Army of the Potomac.

Was made lieutenant-colonel of his regiment Decem-
ber 5, 1862, and brevetted colonel of volunteers and
brigadier-general of volunteers for meritorious services
during the war.

Most of the time after becoming lieutenant-colonel he
was in command of his regiment.

In the summer of 1864, when the city of Washington
was threatened and so nearly captured by General Jubal
Earl)-, Colonel Clendenin was with Major-General Lew-
Wallace in Maryland, lighting, with the six companies of
his regiment, an overwhelming force of the enemy at
fearful odds, delaying the progress of the rebel army
until the Union army under General Grant, at Richmond,
could send reinforcements for the defence of Washing-
ton. It is well to remember, says the historian, that but
for the gallant stand at Monocacy, Maryland, the arrival
of these troops would have been too late.

In the book " Story of Washington," page 154, we find
him mentioned as follows: "Colonel Clendenin, who, as
we have seen, had been fighting on the extreme left,
proved himself a gallant officer. Finding himself cut off
from the main bod)-, he threw himself into the little vil-
lage of LTrbana, where he repeatedly repulsed the assaults
of the enemy, and at last, by a bold charge, sabre in
hand, cut through the hostile ranks, capturing the battle-
flag of the Seventh Virginia. ' As brave a cavalry soldier
as ever mounted horse,' said his commander, in his
report of the battle."

After the surrender of General Lee and the cessation
of hostilities, came the assassination of President Lin-
coln. The Eighth Illinois Cavalry, under Colonel Clen-
denin, was sent out as one of the search-parties to find
the assassin Booth.

Colonel Clendenin was detailed on the commission to
try the conspirators at Washington in 1865, and was a
member of that court.

He was commissioned major of the United States
Cavalry (Eighth) on January 22, 1867. Lieutenant-col-
onel of the Third United States Cavalry November 1,
1882, and colonel of the Second United States Cavalry
October 29, 1888.

He has served on the frontier almost unremittingly
since 1867, never having a detail except to harder duty,
and never shirking the duty of his regular work. He
was retired from active service on account of failing-
health April 20, 1 891.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COLONEL HENRY WHITNEY CLOSSON, U.S.A.

Colonel Henry Whitney Closson (Fourth Artil-
lery) was born in Whitingham, Vermont, June 6, 1832,
and graduated from the Military Academy July 1, 1854.
He was appointed second lieutenant in the First Artillery,
and his first service was at Fort Yuma, California, from
1854 to 1855. While there he commanded the party
which escorted Lieutenant Michler on the boundary
survey of 1855. From Yuma he went to San Antonio,
Texas, in 1856; from there to Fort Clark, Texas. The
same year he took part in the scout to the head-waters of
the Neuces, against the Lipan Indians, April 10 to 20,
1856, and was engaged in the pursuit and surprise of
three parties of Lipans August 20, 1856, near the mouth
of the Pecos River.

On October 31 of the same year he was promoted to
first lieutenant in the First Artillery, and served the
remainder of that year in garrison at Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. In 1857 he served against the Seminole
Indians of Florida, and from there went to Fort Adams,
Rhode Island, where he remained until 1859. The con-
clusion of that year saw him again on the frontier .it
Fort Clark and Fort Duncan, Texas, and Fort Taylor,
Florida, until 1861. He was offered a captaincy in the
Nineteenth Infantry May 14, 1861, which was declined,
and on the same date was promoted to be captain in his
own regiment. He participated in the gallant defence of
Fort Pickens, November, 1861, and January and May,
[862, distinguishing himself so much as to be selected
for chief of artillery for the district of Pensacola, May
16 to December 24, 1862. From that time to March 13,
1863, he commanded his battery at Baton Rouge. He
was chief of artillery of General Grover's division of the
Nineteenth Army Corps in the Teche campaign, which
lasted from March to August, 1863, being engaged in
the following actions: Grand Lake Landing, April 13;
Irish Bend, April 14; Vermilion Bayou, April 17, and
the siege of Port Hudson, Ma}' 24 to July 8. He was
brevetted major for gallant and meritorious services at
the capture of Port Hudson. He was appointed chief
of artillery Nineteenth Corps October 4, 1863, and served
in the Red River campaign, being engaged at Sabine
Cross-Roads April 8, 1864; Pleasant Hill April 9, and
Crane River Crossing April 23 ; was chief of artillery of
the Mobile Expedition, August, 1864, and participated in
the siege of Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan, and for gal-
lant and meritorious services at the latter place was
brevetted lieutenant-colonel. November 1 of the same
year he was transferred to the Army of the Potomac as
chief of artillery and ordnance of the cavalry corps to
December 31 ; was inspector of the horse artillery bri-
gade from January until April, 1865. At the disband-
ment of the armies he returned to the command of his

batten-, at Winchester, Virginia, July, 1865; served at
Fort McHenry, Maryland, July to October, 1S65; Fort
Schuyler, New York harbor, to June, 1866; Fort Porter,
New York, to August, 1866, and on recruiting service,
to November 30, 1867. Upon return to regimental duty
he was stationed at Fort Hamilton, New York, until
November 18, 1872. From there he went to Savannah,
where he remained until November 30, 1S75 ; then
to Plattsburg Barracks, New York, to October, 1876.
While on duty here Captain Closson was ordered to the
Southern States on account of anticipated difficulties
growing out of the disputed Presidential election of
1876. He remained on this duty to December, 1876.
In January, 1877, he was ordered to Fort Barrancas,
Florida, having been promoted to be major Fifth Artil-
lery November 1, 1876.

He remained four years at Barrancas, and went in
November, 1881, to Fort Niagara, where he was stationed
until November, 1882. He then moved to Fort Wads-
worth, New York, where he remained for six years, the
longest tour of duty at one post. He was made lieu-
tenant-colonel Fifth Artillery September 14, 1 883, and
colonel Fourth Artillery April 25, 1888. This trans-
ferred him to Fort Adams in May, 1888.

The regiment moved south in May, 1889, and Colonel
Closson's head-quarters have been since then at Fort
McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia.

January 5, 1890, he was a member of the board to
examine the workings of the Artillery School at Fort
Monroe, Virginia, and September 9, 1890, he was de-
tailed upon another most important duty as member of
a board to examine and report upon the capabilities of
various sites for gun-foundries and factories, whereby the
heavy steel rifled-guns can be made to put us upon an
equality, to say the least, with other great nations of the
world.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN W. CLOUS, U.S.A.

Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Clous (Deputy Judge-
Advocate-General) was born in Germany June 9, 1837.
He entered the army February 2, 1857, serving as private,
Company K, and in band, Ninth Infantry, to November
5, i860, and as private and corporal, Company K, and
quartermaster-sergeant, Sixtli Infantry, from February 9,
1 861, to December 7, 1862. In the fall of 1861 the Sixth
Infantry was assigned to General Sykes's command of
regulars and became part of the Army of the Potomac.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Clous's "praiseworthy conduct
during the movement" of that army " from the Chicka-
hominy to the James River and his cool behavior at the
battle of Malvern Hill in the performance of his duties"
resulted in his being recommended for appointment as
second lieutenant in the arm)-. He was commissioned
as such by President Lincoln on November 29, 1862, and
assigned to the Sixth Infantry. He was on duty with
his regiment dming its entire service in the field with the
Army of the Potomac, participating in the siege of York-
town, seven days' battles in June, 1862, battles of Malvern
Hill, second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chan-
cellorsville, and Gettysburg. He was brevetted first lieu-
tenant and captain for gallant and meritorious services in
the battle of Gettysburg. He was regimental quarter-
master from February 1, 1864, to April, 1S65, and regi-
mental adjutant from the latter date to March 28, 1867.
He was promoted first lieutenant, Sixth Infantry, March
28, 1865.

After a short term of service at Savannah, Georgia,
and Hilton Head, South Carolina, in 1865, with his
regiment, he took station at Charleston, South Carolina.
While at this place Lieutenant Clous, in addition to his
duties as regimental adjutant, was, in March, 1S66, detailed

as adjutant-general of the Department of South Carolina,
continuing in that capacity upon the consolidation of the
latter with the Department of the Carolinas and of the
South, and subsequently into the Second Military Dis-
trict,— of all of which Major-General Daniel F. Sickles
was the permanent commander. During the government
and reconstruction of the States of North and South
Carolina by this general officer, Lieutenant Clous ren-
dered most valuable and efficient services. Having been
appointed captain in the Thirty-eighth Infantry, he was,
in September, 1867, at his own request, relieved from
duty as adjutant-general.

In March, 1868, Captain Clous joined his company, in
the Department of the Missouri, at once taking the field,
escorting the construction forces of the Union Pacific
Railroad, E. D.(now Kansas Pacific). In October, 1868,
he was detailed as an acting aide-de-camp on the staff of
Major-General Sheridan during the latter's winter cam-
paign against the Indians of the Southwest. Upon his
return, in March, 1869, he conducted a battalion of the
Thirty-eighth Infantry from Fort Hays, Kansas, through
the Indian country to Fort Richardson, Texas. Being,
through consolidation, transferred to the Twenty-fourth
Infantry, Captain Clous served with his company on the
frontier of Texas at Forts Griffin, McKavett, and Brown,
taking part, in 1872, as acting engineer-officer in General
Mackenzie's expedition across the Staked Plains, and
in the Indian engagement of the latter's command on
September 29, 1872, at North Fork of the Red River,
Texas.

For gallant conduct in that engagement, Captain Clous
was specially mentioned in General Order No. 99, Head-
quarters of the Arm)', A. G. O., November 19, 1872 ; at
Fort Brown — from 1873-77 — his company was mounted,
and performed scouting duty along the Rio Grande
during the border disturbances.

He was admitted to the bar at San Antonio, Texas.
He was judge-advocate in many important trials during
his service in Texas, and served as judge-advocate of the
Department of Texas, with the exception of a short inter-
val, from January, 1881, to August, 18S4. In April, 1886,
upon the recommendation of Major-General Hancock and
other prominent officers, as well as of the judges and
lawyers of the bar of which he was a member, he was
appointed major and judge-advocate. In May, 1887, he
was admitted as an attorney and counsellor of the Su-
preme Court of the United States. From May, 1886, to
August, 1890, he served in Washington as the assistant
to the judge-advocate-general. On August 28, 1890, he
became, by assignment of the Secretary of War, professor
of law of U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York,
where he is now serving. On February 12, 1892, he was
promoted lieutenant-colonel and deputy judge-advocate-
general of the United States Army,

ll'/fO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

MAJOR EDWIN M. COATES, U.S.A.

Major Edwin M. Coates (Nineteenth Infantry) was
born in New York City January 29, 1836. He was a
member of Ellsworth Chicago Zouaves in 1S60, and en-
tered the volunteer service as first lieutenant of the
Eleventh New York Zouaves, Colonel E. E. Ellsworth,
April 20, 1 86 1, but the regiment was not mustered into
the United States service until it arrived in Washington
May 7, 1 86 1. He was with the regiment in the advance
of the army on Alexandria May 24, 1861, and assisted
in taking possession of the Marshall House in that city,
at six o'clock, a.m., May 24, with a squad of the regi-
ment, a few moments after the shooting of Colonel Ells-
worth by Jackson, the proprietor of the house. He
accompanied the remains of Colonel Ellsworth to his
former home at Mechanicsville, New York, where they
were interred.

Lieutenant Coates resigned his volunteer commission
August 4. [861, and entered the regular service as second
lieutenant of the Second Dragoons August 5, 1861. He
was transferred to the Twelfth Infantry September 20,
1S61, and joined his regiment at Fort Hamilton, New
York harbor, where he served as battalion quartermaster
until January, 1863, when he joined his regiment in the
field with the Army of the Potomac at Falmouth, Vir-
ginia, where he was made adjutant of the first battalion,
Twelfth Infantry, He served in the field with his regi-
ment until September, 1S64, when he left the field by
being disabled from the fall of his horse, having partici-
pated in the battle of the Wilderness May, 1864, and the
subsequent campaign.

He was then ordered on recruiting duty, where he re-
mained until October, 1866, when he joined his regiment
at Washington, D. C. He was promoted first lieutenant
October 24, 1861, and was brevetted a captain August 1,
1864, "for gallant services in the battle of the Wilder-
ness, and during the campaign before Richmond, Vir-
ginia."

He was promoted captain April 4, 1865, and upon
the reorganization of the army, in 1866, was trans-
ferred to the Thirtieth Infantry. He left with his regi-
ment for the plains in January, 1867, and passed the

remainder of the winter in camp on the South Platte
River, opposite Fort Sedgwick, Colorado. He was
afterwards in camp along the line of the Union Pacific
Railroad during its construction, and at Fort D. A. Rus-
sell and Fort Sanders, Wyoming, until 1871. In the
mean time Captain Coates with his company was trans-
ferred to the Fourth Infantry March 23, 1869, upon the
consolidation of regiments. The station of his regiment
was changed to Kentucky in 1871, and in 1872 to Little
Rock, Arkansas, where he remained until May, 1873,
when the regiment was ordered to California, to take
part in the Modoc war ; but upon arriving at Omaha,
the necessity no longer existed for additional troops on
the Pacific coast, and Captain Coates was sent with his
company to Fort Bridger. He served subsequently at
Forts Fetterman and Robinson, and was in the field
against hostile Sioux Indians in the early part of 1876.
Afterwards he was stationed at Fort Fred Steele and
Fort Omaha, and was changed to Fort Sherman, Idaho,
in July, 1886. From this post he was sent to Boise
Barracks, Idaho, in 1890, when he was promoted major
of the Nineteenth Infantry, to date from July 14, and
ordered to the command of Fort Mackinac, Michigan,
his present station.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN JOHN NICHOLS COE, U.S.A.

Captain John Nichols Cue (Twentieth Infantry) was
born in Portland, Maine, July 21, 1836. He entered
the regular service as private of Company H, First Bat-
talion Eleventh U. S. Infantry, and was subsequently
appointed corporal, sergeant, and first sergeant of the
same company. On the 14th of April, 1862, he was made
quartermaster-sergeant of the Eleventh Infantry, which
he retained until April 1, 1865, having been appointed

second lieutenant of the Eleventh Infantry March 12.
1865, but not receiving the appointment until April. He
was promoted first lieutenant the same day of his appoint-
ment.

Captain Coe served with his regiment in the field with
the Army of the Potomac from December, 1862, to the
close of the war of the Rebellion, and was then stationed
with his regiment in Richmond, Virginia, from May, 1865,
to January, 1867, and then in Louisiana to April, 1869.
He was transferred to the Twentieth Infantry September
21, 1866, upon the reorganization of the army, and was
promoted captain June 19, 1868.

He was stationed at various points in the Indian
country (Dakota) most of the time from May, 1869, to
December, 1877. His regiment was then transferred to
Texas, along the Rio Grande, from January, 1878, to
November, iSSi. He then had two years' duty at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, and rejoined his regiment at Fort
Supply, Indian Territory, where he remained until May,
1885, when his regiment was ordered to Montana, and
he took station at Fort Assinaboine, where he has been
on duty to the present time.

Captain Coe was adjutant of the Second Battalion of
the Eleventh Infantry from June 18, 1865, to October 4,
1865, when he was made quartermaster of the Second
Battalion, which he retained until September 21, 1S66.
On the 6th of December, 1866, he was appointed regi-
mental quartermaster of the Eleventh Infantry, and held
that position until promoted captain.

WHO SERVED FN THE CIVIL WAR.

COMMANDER GEORGE W. COFFIN, U.S.N.

Commander George W. Coffin, U.S.N., is a native of
Massachusetts, and was appointed from that State. Me
entered the Naval Academy in September, i860, and
graduated in 1863, during the height of the Civil War.
He was promoted to ensign on ( (ctober 1, 1863. While
attached to the steam-sloop " Ticonderoga," North
Atlantic Blockading Squadron, he was in both attacks
upon Fort Fisher, and was wounded in the right leg by
a Minie-ball during the land assault upon that strong-
hold. After the end of the Civil War he served in the
" Shawmut," on the coast of Brazil. Commissioned as
lieutenant July 25, 1S66, and was attached to the steam-
frigate " Franklin," of the European Squadron, in
1867-68. Was commissioned lieutenant-commander
March 12, 1868. Upon his return from the luiropean
station he performed a tour of duty at the Naval Acad-
emy; and was then, in 1870-71, chief of staff of the
North Atlantic fleet. He was next attached to the gun-
nery ship " Constellation," 1871-72, and was then at the
Naval Academy again, 1873-74. Attached to the " Ply-
mouth," North Atlantic Station, 1874-75 ; and the " Hart-
ford," flag-ship of the same station, in 1875-77. Com-
manded the steamer " Hassler," on the Coast Survey, in
1877-80. Promoted to commander in November, 1878.
Attached to Naval Observatory, 1880-81. On duty as

light-house inspector from 1 88 1 to 1884, and on ord-
nance duty at the New York Navy- Yard, 1884-86. In
command of the " Alert," on the Greely Relief Expedi-
tion, in 1884. Commanded the steam-sloop " Quinne-
baug," of the Mediterranean Squadron, 1886-87. Light-
house inspector in 1S88-89, and appointed secretary of
the Light-House Board in 1889, which position he holds
at present.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

REAR-ADMIRAL NAPOLEON COLLINS, U.S.N.

Rear-Admiral Napoleon Collins was a native of
Pennsylvania, but was appointed midshipman from Iowa
January 2, I S34 ; promoted to passed midshipman July
16, 1840; commissioned as lieutenant November 6, 1S46;
sloop " Decatur," Home Squadron, 1S46-49; at Tuspan
and Tabasco, Mexican War ; steamer " Michigan," on the
Lakes, 1850-53 ; commanding store-ship "John P. Ken-
nedy," North Pacific Expedition, 1853-54; steam-frigate
"Susquehanna," East India Squadron, 1S54-55 ; navy-
yard, Mare Island, California, 1856-57; sloop "John
Adams," Pacific Squadron, 1857-58; steamer "Michi-
gan," on the Lakes, 1858-60; commanding steamer
"Anacostia," Potomac Flotilla, 1861; engagement at
Acquia Creek, May 31 and June 1, 1861 ; commanding
gun-boat " Unadilla," South Atlantic Blockading Squad-
ron, 1861-62 ; battle of Port Royal, November 7, 1862;
various expeditions on the coasts of South Carolina,
Georgia, and Florida, 1861-62 ; commissioned as com-
mander July 16, 1S62 ; commanding steamer " Octoraro,"
West India Squadron, 1S62-63 ; commanding steam-sloop

" Wachusett," special service, 1863-64. On the 7th
October, 1S64, Commander Collins, then in the " Wa-
chusett," seized the rebel steamer " Florida," lying within
the harbor of Bahia, Brazil ; the capture was effected
without loss of life. Commissioned as captain July 25,
1866; commanding steam-sloop "Sacramento," special
service, 1867; navy-yard, Norfolk, 1S69-70; commis-
sioned as commodore 1 871, and as rear-admiral 1874.
Died in 1876.

Commander Collins's seizure of the " Florida" was
a peculiar episode of the Civil War, — as much so
as Wilkes's seizure of the Southern commissioners
on board the " Trent." Mr. Seward disavowed the
act, and insisted upon the trial of Collins by court-
martial.

While negotiations were proceeding in regard to her
icturn to the friendly neutral port from which she had
been taken, she was run down by a steam-transport, at
night, while moored at Newport News, Virginia, and
sunk.

Commodore Collins was not long under technical
punishment for this affair. lie had the moral support of
the service and of the country at large ; the feeling being
that so dangerous a vessel as the " Florida" must be dis-
posed of when she could be laid hands on, even at the
risk of international complications.

The case has since been often referred to by writers on
such subjects, and it has been said that it might be
brought up as a precedent in some future complication
of a like nature. But our government placed itself
rightly- upon record by the arraignment of Collins, and
by the express disavowal of his act.

The Brazilian government — the party really aggrieved
— was satisfied with the explanations and the acts of our
own government, and so the matter dropped. If the
vessel had been actually delivered in the port of Bahia,
it would have been when the civil war was near its end,
and she would, no doubt, have been held by the Brazilian
government until satisfactory evidence was given that she
would not be used against a friendly state.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

CAPTAIN RICHARD S. COLLUM, U.S.M.C.

Captain Richard S. Collum was born in Indiana
and appointed from that State to the U. S. Naval Acad-
emy as acting midshipman September 20, 1854. He
resigned after remaining there about two years and a
half. When the Civil War occurred he applied for ser-
vice, and received a commission as second lieutenant in
September, 1861. He served in the "St. Lawrence"
frigate from September, 1 86 1, to May, 1863, as his previous
drill had rendered him an effective officer. During that
service he was at St. Simon's, Georgia ; Port Royal, South
Carolina; the engagement with the Sewell's Point Bat-
tery, and the Confederate ram " Merrimac ;" the bom-
bardment of Sewell's Point and the capture of Norfolk.
He was afterwards in the East Gulf Squadron, and in
three boat expeditions on the Florida coast and in In-
dian River.

He was commissioned a first lieutenant on December
30, 1862, and while on leave of absence, in July, 1863,
volunteered his services to Governor Morton, of Indiana,
during the raid of the Confederate General Morgan to
the north of the Ohio River. His services were ac-
cepted, and he was placed in command of a battalion of
provisional troops. Lieutenant Collum was after this
stationed at Cairo and Mound City, and attached to the
Mississippi Squadron for a year. During that period
he was actively engaged, — especially in expeditions into
Kentucky in pursuit of guerillas. Afterwards member of
a commission to investigate charges against certain active
rebel sympathizers at Louisville, Kentucky; and was
attached to the frigate " New Ironsides" from August,
1864, to April, 1865, during which time that vessel bore
.1 prominent part in the two attacks upon Fort Fisher.
He served at the Washington Navy- Yard next, being in
temporary command at the barracks during the confine-
ment of Paine and his associate conspirators. From
November, 1867, to December, 1S68, he was in command
of Marine Barracks at Mound City, Illinois. His next
service was on board the " Richmond" in the Mediterra-
nean Squadron, from 1869 to 1871, being ordered to the
Naval Academy upon his return to the United States.

Commissioned captain in March, 1872, and stationed
at the marine barracks, Boston, from April, 1872, to
January, 1875. During this tour of duty Captain Collum
commanded the force of marines at the great fire in
Boston, in November, 1872, and had charge of the re-
moval of the treasure from the Sub-Treasury to the
Custom-House, which was speedily and successfully
accomplished, in spite of the circumstances, without the
slightest accident or loss.

After a short term at head-quarters, upon leaving the

Boston Station, Captain Collum was made fleet marine-
officer of the Asiatic Station and judge-advocate of the
fleet, by special appointment of the Navy Department.
He was attached to the flag-ship " Tennessee" from June,
1875, to Juh-, 1878. From August, 1878, to November,
1 88 1, member of the Board of Inspection. From 1881
to 1885, attached to the Marine Barracks at League
Island.

In April, 1885, Captain Collum took part in the ex-
pedition to Panama. On the night of the withdrawal of
the U. S. forces from the city and the occupation of the
original lines, representations were made to the com-
manding officers that the insurgents were much excited ;
that drunkenness prevailed to an alarming extent, and
that a violation of the armistice was in contemplation.
At ten p.m. Captain Collum was ordered to enter the city
alone, to endeavor to ascertain the truth of the report,
and this most dangerous duty he successfully performed.
Soon after he was commissioned captain and assistant
quartermaster, which duty is performed in Philadelphia.
Captain Collum is the author of "The History of the
U. S. Marine Corps ;" and the articles " Dai Nippon ;"
" The First Englishman in Japan ;" " Notes on Duties in
Camp and Garrison, Transportation of Troops by Rail,
and Aid to Civil Powers ;" and " Notes on Topography
of Isthmus of Panama." He has also lectured on the
"Heathen Chinee;" "An Historical Sketch of Small-
Arms ;" " The Story of a Great Crime," — delivered before
the PTnited Service Club; "The American Marines
during the War of the Revolution" — before the His-
torical Society ; and " The Aborigines of North America
and their Relation to Japan," — before the Numismatic
and Antiquarian Society of Pennsylvania.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL CYRUS B. COMSTOCK,

U.S.A.
Brevet Major-General Cyrus B. Comstock was
born in Massachusetts ; appointed to Military Academy,
from Massachusetts July i, 1 85 1, and graduated June,
(855, and on graduation was appointed brevet second
lieutenant U. S. Engineers; served as assistant engineer
in construction of Fort Taylor, Key West Harbor,
Florida, 1855-56; in building Fort Carroll, Patapsco
River, Maryland, 1856-59; promoted second lieutenant
of Engineers April 1, 1855. In 1859 he was superin-
tending engineer in construction of Fort Carroll ; assist-
ant professor of natural and experimental philosophy
September 9, 1859, to July 27, 1861 ; July I, i860, was
promoted fust lieutenant of Engineers, and assistant
engineer in the construction of the defences of Washing-
ton, D. C, August, [861, to March, 1862; assistant to chief
engineer of the Army of the Potomac March to June,
1862; senior engineer on staff of General Sumner; June-
July, 1S62, served in Virginia Peninsula campaign, being
engaged in reconnoissance before and at siege of York-
town; May to August, 1862, was senior engineer of
defence works, making reconnoissance, and in various
engineer operations on the advance towards Richmond
and change of base towards James River; served in
Maryland campaign ( Army of the Potomac) September to
November, being engaged in the battle of South Moun-
tain September 14, 1862; took part in battle of Antietam
September 17, 1862 ; was chief engineer, Army of the Po-
tomac, from November 21, 1862, to March, 1863, and
served in the Rappahannock' campaign, taking part in the
battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville ; March 3,
[863, he was promoted to captain of Engineers; served
in the Department of Tennessee, and engaged in the siege
of Vicksburg, June to July, 1863, for gallant and meri-

torious services in which battle he was brevetted major,
U. S. Army; assistant inspector-general of the Military
Division of Mississippi from November, 1863, to March,
1864; from that time he served as aide-de-camp on the
staff of General Grant, with rank of lieutenant-colonel,
until July, 1866; took part in the battle of the Wilderness
Ma)' 5 and 6, 1864, and for gallant and meritorious ser-
vices performed was brevetted lieutenant-colonel ; served
at the battle of Spottsylvania May 12, 1864; battle of
Cold Harbor June 3, 1864; assault of Petersburg June
16 and 18, 1S64, and of the Mine July 3, 1864, and the
assault and capture of Fort Harrison September 29, 1864.
He was chief engineer of expedition to Cape Fear River,
North Carolina, in January, 1865, and was engaged at
the assault and capture of Font Fisher June 15, 1865.
He was made brevet colonel, U. S. Army, and brevet
brigadier-general, U. S. Volunteers, for gallant and meri-
torious services performed at capture of Fort Fisher;
was senior officer on staff of General Canby in the Mobile
campaign, taking part in the siege of Spanish Fort, March
2~ to April 8, 1865, and storming of Blakely April 9,
1865. He was brevetted brigadier-general, U. S. Army,
March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in
the Mobile campaign, and bncvetted major-general, U. S.
Volunteers, March 26, for faithful and meritorious services
during the campaign against the city of Mobile and its
defences. December 28, 1865, was promoted to major
of Engineers; served as aide-de-camp, with rank of colo-
nel, to general-in-chief, at Washington, from July 26 to
May 3, 1870; was superintending engineer of Geodetic
Survey of the North and Northwestern Lakes, May 20
to Jul)-, 1874; January, 1874, to June, 1877, and June,
187S, until completion in 1882. In Jul)-, [874, he was
sent to Europe to examine the improvement of deltas of
great rivers. Commencing in April, 1875, he was for
two years superintending engineer to examine the prog-
ress of Ead's jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi •
July 17, 1881, was made lieutenant-colonel of Engineers.
General Comstock, since 1871, has served as a member
of the Engineer Board, and on Board on bridging the
channels between Lake Huron and Lake Erie ; on im-
provement of Buffalo harbor ; improvement of mouth
of Mississippi ; on Cleveland Breakwater ; of Board of
Engineers for Fortifications, and River and Harbor Im-
provements. Since 1 886 he has had charge of Fort at
Willett's Point, commanded Engineer Battalion, in charge
of Engineer School of Application atWillet's Point; was
superintending engineer of repairs of Font Schuyler May,
[886, to April, 1N87. In 1888 he was detailed as divi-
sion engineer for inspecting the engineer works in the
Southeastern Tei'ritoiy of the U. S. He was made colo-
nel of Engineens April 7, 1888. General Comstock is a
member of the National Academy of Sciences, and author
of " Report on Primary Triangulation."

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

CAPTAIN JOHN CONLINE, U.S.A. (retired).

Captain John Conline was bom at Rutland, Vermont,
January i, 1846, and entered the volunteer service at the
breaking out of the war of the Rebellion as a private of
Company E, First Vermont Infantry, May 2, 1861, from
which he was discharged August 15, 1861. On Septem-
ber 5, 1 86 1, he again entered the service as a private of
Company E, Fourth Vermont Infantry, and participated
in the various operations of the Army of the Potomac,
being engaged in the battle of Big Bethel, Virginia, June
10, 1 861 ; siege of Yorktown, Virginia, from April 5 to
May 4, 1862; action at Lee's Mills, Virginia; battle of
Williamsburg, Virginia ; action of Garnett's Hill, or Gold-
ing's Farm, Virginia ; battles of Savage Station, White-
Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, South Mountain, Antietam,
Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, action at Salem Heights
and battle of Salem Church, and action at Franklin's
Crossing. He was one of twenty volunteers who went
across the Rappahannock River in the first boat, under
fire, before the bridge was completed, in the last action
mentioned, June 5, 1863; and subsequently participated
in the battles of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1-3, and
Funkstown Bridge, Maryland, July 10, 1863.

He accompanied the Vermont troops sent in August,
1863, to preserve order in the city of New York, where
he was appointed a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy
by President Lincoln, on the recommendation of the
Secretary of War, for gallant and exemplary conduct as
a private soldier in the Sixth Corps, Army of the Poto-
mac.

Graduating June 15, 1870, he was appointed a sec-
ond lieutenant of the Ninth Cavalry. On returning
to duty from his graduating leave, he was on frontier
duty at Forts Stockton, McKavett, and Concho, Texas,
to August 23, 1874, when he was appointed engineer-
officer of the second column of the Indian Territory ex-
pedition, remaining as such to November 27, 1874, and
on temporary duty at Head-quarters Department of
Texas to February 1, 1875.

After serving in Texas and Colorado to April 3, 1877,
at Forts Clark and Garland, and having in the mean time
been promoted first lieutenant of the Ninth Cavalry, Jan-
uary 27, 1876, he was placed in charge of the expedition
to preserve order among Southern Utes at Parrott City,
Colorado, to November, 1876, and at Los Pinos Agency,
Uncompagre Utes, for a similar purpose from April 3 to
June 16, 1877.

Lieutenant Conline was then stationed at Fort Bayard,
New Mexico, to October 10, 1877, when he was granted
a sick-leave of absence to August 20, 1S78, and was then
stationed successively at Fort Selden, Ojo Caliente, and
Fort Union, New Mexico, performing various staff duties
at each. Being transferred to Troop A, Ninth Cavalry,
'3

July 2^,, 1879, he was placed in command of it at Fort
Stanton, and was in the field on Indian expeditions two
hundred and seventy days in one year. He also com-
manded A and G Troops on scouting expeditions during
part of 1880, and, with Company C, Fifteenth Infantry
added to his command, he had charge of three hundred
and eighty-four Indians at South Fork, New Mexico, in
1 880.

The lieutenant was in an engagement with hostile
Indians in Alamo Canon, Sacramento Mountains, New
Mexico, Sunday, February 2S, 1880; he captured and
burned their camp, all equipage and provisions, and
captured all their stock, — twenty-one horses and mules.
He was also in the engagement with Victorio's band of
hostile Indians, in Mimbrillo Canon, San Andreas Moun-
tains, on the afternoon of April 5, 1880, which lasted two
hours, the Indians being defeated. After the campaign
was ended he went on sick-leave of absence, May 1, 1881,
by authority of the Secretary of War, and remained until
July, 1885, when he rejoined at Fort Robinson, Nebraska,
serving there to June 17, 1887.

He was promoted captain of Troop C February 11,
1887, and, after a three months' leave of absence, joined
his troop at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, from which sta-
tion he was changed to Fort Du Chesne, June 5, 1888,
marching six hundred and fifty-six miles, from which
post he was retired, for disability in the line of duty,
February 25, 1891.

Captain Conline was recommended for the brevet of
major, for gallantry in action with hostile Indians, April
7, 1880, during the Victorio war. He has also received
numerous letters and orders of commendation from his
superior officers for ability and gallant conduct in en-
gagements with hostile Indians. The captain's present
residence is Detroit, Michigan.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN CASPER HAUZF.R CONRAD. U.S.A.

Captain Casper Hauzer Conrad (Fifteenth Infantry)
was born near the city of Kingston, Ulster County, New-
York, March 30, [844. I le enlisted in the One Hundred
and Twentieth New York Volunteers August 18, 1862,
and participated in all the battles and marches of the
Army of the Potomac from November, 1862, up to the
battle of Gettysburg. He was slightly disabled at the
battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and while on the
march to Gettysburg was sun-struck and sent to Fair-
fax Seminar)' Hospital; there he was found unlit for
field-service and was transferred to the Veteran Re-
serve Corps. He was nearly two years recovering from
disability.

When, during the battle of Chancellorsville, " a cor-
poral of his regiment was severely wounded and would
have been left on the field, he comprehended the situation,
ami, amid a storm of bullets, caught a riderless horse,
threw the wounded man over the saddle, and succeeded
in carrying him beyond range of the enemy." In April,
1S64, he was detailed as clerk on duty at the head-
quarters of the district department of Washington, in
connection with the provost-marshal's office. In June,

1S65, he was detailed for duty at the office of the Fxec-
utive Mansion, and while there was discharged June 19,
iS65,and appointed executive clerk to President John-
son, remaining in that position until April 13, 1867, when
he was commissioned first lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth
L". S. Infantry. He reported for duty with Company I,
fuly [867, and commanded the company till April, 1869.
He was then stationed at different posts in Texas.

At the consolidation of the Thirty-fifth and Fifteenth
Regiments he became first lieutenant of the latter regi-
ment, and marched with it to New Mexico, arriving
September, iS'hj. He was stationed at Fort Stanton
in command of company, and also as acting assistant
quartermaster and acting commissary sergeant till Feb-
ruary, 1871, when he was ordered on recruiting service;
then stationed at Dayton, Marietta, Ohio, and Newport
Barracks, Kentucky, where he remained as depot quar-
termaster, acting commissar\- sergeant and adjutant till
April, 1873, when he was ordered to his regiment. From
the time of rejoining until he received his captaincy in
January, 1875, he was on duty as acting assistant quar-
termaster and acting commissary sergeant at different
posts in New Mexico, lie was promoted to Company
C, and stationed with it at different posts in New
Mexico until the regiment was ordered to Colorado, at
which time he was absent on sick-leave.

While in command of Company C at Mescularo Indian
Agency, New Mexico, in December, 1 SSo, the regimental
commander issued General ( )rder, No. 13, complimenting
Captain Conrad and his command for gallant and sol-
dierly conduct in an engagement with hostile Indians
December 2, I 880.

In November, 1882, he was ordered to Fort Randall,
South Dakota, where he remained for nearly nine years,
having been stationed with his company for one month
in 1887 at Fort Sully, guarding the post during inter-
change of regiments. Captain Conrad commanded Fort
Randall at different times, ranging from a month to nine
months at a time, and was sent also at different times as
special inspector of Indian agencies and distribution of
annuity goods. He left Fort Randall for Fort Sheridan,
Illinois, in May, 1891.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

CAPTAIN AUGUSTUS P. COOKE, U.S.N.

Captain Augustus P. Cooke was born in Coopers-
town, New York, February 10, 1836; appointed to
the Naval Academy in 1852, and graduated in 1856.
During his first sea-service, in the Home Squadron, he
participated in the capture of Walker, the filibuster, at
Greytown, Nicaragua. In 1859 he received his warrant
as passed midshipman, and made a cruise on the coast
of Africa, in the "San Jacinto," assisting in the capture
oi several slavers. He was commissioned lieutenant in
i860. When the Rebellion occurred, the ship, then under
the command of Captain Wilkes, returned to the United
States, capturing, on the way, the rebel commissioners,
Mason and Slidell.

In January, 1862, as executive-officer of the " Pinola,"
captured the blockade-runner " Cora," and then the
" Pinola" proceeded to join Farragut's squadron. Lieu-
tenant Cooke was several times under fire in the " Pinola"
while that vessel was assisting in breaking the chain bar-
riers which obstructed the Mississippi, and was present
at the bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and
St. Philip, the destruction of the rebel flotilla, and the
capture of New Orleans. He was also present at the
first bombardment of Vicksburg; the passage of the
batteries there, and the engagement with the rebel ram
" Arkansas."

In August, 1862, he was made lieutenant-commander,
and ordered to command a vessel in Buchanan's flotilla,
to operate, in conjunction with the army, in the Bayou
Teche. In January, 1863, he went up the Teche, sup-
porting General Weitzel's brigade, and assisted in the
destruction of the enemy's gun-boat " Cotton." Here
Lieutenant-Commander Buchanan was killed, and the
command of the flotilla devolved upon Lieutenant-Com-
mander Cooke.

During the Red River expedition, in 1863, he crossed
troops over Berwick Bay and transported General Gra-
ver's division through Grand Lake and landed it at
Indian Bend, under fire, without accident. Next morn-
ing, at daylight, the flotilla under Cooke was attacked by
the " Queen of the West" and another gun-boat armed
with rifled cannon, and with sharp-shooters behind cot-
ton-bales. Cooke very promptly went to meet them, and
his shells soon set fire to the cotton-bales of the " Queen
of the West," which was soon in flames, with her people-
leaping overboard to escape death from fire. Her con-
sort, seeing this, turned, and, having superior speed and
lighter draft than Cooke's vessels, escaped. The officers
and ninety men of the "Queen of the West" were
picked up. About twenty were lost. There were no
casualties in the flotilla.

His next operation was the capture of Butte a la Rose,
on the Atchafalaya, driving off the supporting gun-boat,
and taking the garrison, with a large quantity of stores

and ammunition, clearing the Atchafalaya from the Gulf
to the Red River ; and by this route he proceeded to
join Admiral Farragut, then at the mouth of Red River.
General Banks made special acknowledgment to Lieu-
tenant-Commander Cooke for his success in these opera-
tions.

His next service was in the Red River, with Porter's
il. el ; followed, in the winter of 1863-64, by blockading
Matagorda Bay and the coast of Texas.

In July, 1S64, he was detached from duty in the Gulf,
and ordered to the Naval Academy ; serving in the prac-
tice ships " Marion" and "Savannah." In May, 1867, he
was ordered as navigator of the steam-frigate " Frank-
lin," Captain Pennock, which went to Europe as Admiral
Farragut's flag-ship. This was a remarkable and inter-
esting cruise, from the attentions shown the admiral in
every country he visited, especially in Russia and Sweden.
In October, 1S68, he was detached from the " Franklin,"
and ordered as executive-officer of the " Ticonderoga,"
on the same station. Upon his return home he was, in
1869, appointed head of the department of ordnance at
the Naval Academy, and published a text-book on gun-
nery, long used by the cadets.

Lieutenant-Commander Cooke was commissioned com-
mander in 1870. Served at the Torpedo Station and
in command of torpedo-boat " Intrepid," and afterwards
the " Alarm." Later he commanded the steamer " Swa-
tara." He was made captain in 1881, while stationed at
Mare Island, California, and commanded the " Lacka-
wanna," on the Pacific Station, in 1884-85. He next
served at the navy-yard, Brooklyn, in command of the
" Vermont," and afterwards as captain of the yard. In
188S he took command of the " Franklin," at Norfolk.
In 1890 he was relieved and ordered to New York as
President of the Board of Inspection of Merchant
Vessels.

L0F&

1 00

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

COMMANDER PHILIP H. COOPER. U.S.N.

Commander Philip II. Cooper is a native of New
York, and was appointed to the Naval Academy from
that State in September, i860. The exigencies of the
service at that period caused him to be sent forth
from the Academy with his class, and with the rank of
ensign, May 28, 1863. He saw war service at once,

being attached to the steam-sloop " Richmond," of the
West Gulf Blockading Squadron, up to 1865. He then
served under the successive commands of Admirals
Farragut and Thatcher, and participated in all the opera-
tions connected with the battle of Mobile Bay, August 5,
1S64; the reduction of the forts at the entrance, and,
later, the defences of the city of Mobile.

He was promoted to master November, 1865 ; made
a cruise in the " Powhatan," South Pacific Squadron,
1865-67; during the cruise was commissioned as lieu-
tenant November 10, 1866; served at the Naval Academy
1867-69 ; commissioned as lieutenant-commander March
12, 1 868; made a special cruise in the frigate " Sabine"
in 1869; served in the T. and N. surveying expedition in
1S70-71 ; was then again stationed at the Naval Academy
from 1872 to 1874; ordered to the Torpedo Station
during 1875, ar,d was then stationed at the Experimental
Batteryat Annapolis through 1876. During 1877-79116
was on duty at the Coast Survey Office. He was pro-
moted to commander November, 1879, and was upon
special navigation duty up to 1 SS t .

Since then Commander Cooper's service has been in
the regular order of detail by the Navy Department,
including two periods of command of a vessel on the
Asiatic Station.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

101

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HENRY CLARK CORBIN,
U.S.A.

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Clark Cokbin (Adju-
tant-General's Department) was born September 15,
1842, in Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
1 1 is father's name was Shadrach Corbin, and his mother's
Mary Ann. His father was of English descent. His
parents were born in Ohio, and grandparents and great-
grandparents were born in the State of Virginia, where
man_\- of the descendants yet reside. He attended the
common schools of the neighborhood until fourteen years
of age, when he entered Parker's Academy, situated in
the southern part of the count}- of his birth. In i860
young Corbin taught district school near Olive Branch,
Ohio, and the following year at Newtown, Hamilton
County, Ohio. In the mean time he studied law under the
direction of Hon. Philip B. Swing, of Batavia. In response
to President Lincoln's second call for volunteers, he entered
the service in the Eighty-third Ohio Infantry. In July,
1S62, he was transferred to the Seventy-ninth Ohio as
a second lieutenant, and went with the regiment on its
march and campaigns through Kentucky, serving with it
until the 13th of November, 1803, mi which day he re-
signed, to enable him to accept the appointment oi major
in the Fourteenth U. S. Colored Infantry, which regiment
he joined at Gallatin, Tennessee, the following day, and
assisted in its organization. On the 4th of March, 1864,
he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the same regiment,
and on the 23d of September was raised to the rank of
colonel. Six months later he was brcvetted brigadier-
general. Colonel Corbin participated with the regiment
in all its marches, campaigns, and engagements, and was
engaged in the battles of Pulaski, Decatur, and Nashville.
He was made major by brevet for gallant and meritorious
services in action at Decatur, Alabama, and lieutenant-
colonel by brevet for similar services in the battle ol
Nashville, Tennessee. He was the first man in the State
of Ohio to receive and accept a field-officer's position in
a colored regiment. He was mustered out ot the volun-
teer service March 26, 1866, and was appointed a second
lieutenant in the Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, which regi-
ment he joined at Fort Gratiot, Michigan, while the
Fenian troubles were being settled. In September of the
same year he went to Independence, Missouri, and par-
ticipated in settling the troubles incident to enforcing the
registration law in that State. After this he was ordered
to Texas. In the mean time he had been appointed and
confirmed as a captain of the Thirty-eighth Infantry,
about to be organized at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri,
to which station he immediately repaired, and until May
of 1867 he was engaged in its organization. The latter
part of May he joined his company at Fort Hays, Kan-
sas. The command was there subjected to the cholera
scourge, Colonel Corbin losing twenty per cent, of his

company by the malady. During all the summer of 1867
he was engaged in guarding the overland stage, earning
the United States mail, from attacks of hostile Indians.
Alter the Indian troubles in the Smoky Hill country were
settled, he went, in command of a detachment of his regi-
ment, across the plain over the old Santa Fe trail, and
took station at Fort Craig, New Mexico, where he was
engaged in scouting, and protecting the citizens from a
roving band of hostile Apaches. In the spring of 1868
he marched with his company to Fort Bayard, New
Mexico, and there engaged in like service until October,
1869, when he was given command of his regiment and
ordered to march to Fort Davis, Texas, where it was
consolidated with the Forty-first Infantry, and thereafter
was known as the Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry. He
then served at several posts in that State, and commanded
Ringgold Barracks until the autumn of 1876, when he was
detailed on recruiting service, and ordered to Columbus
Barracks, Ohio. On the 2d of March, 1877,011 invitation
of President-elect Hayes, he accompanied him to Wash-
ington. After his inauguration he was detailed for duty at
the Executive Mansion. In August of that year he was
appointed secretary of what was known as the Sitting Bull
Commission, which was appointed to treat with the hostile
Sioux Indians, then refugees in the British Dominion. Re-
turning, he resumed duty in the city of Washington, where
he remained until his appointment as assistant adjutant-
general on the 1 6th of June, 1880. September, i88i,was
ordered to the Department of the South, and in Septem-
ber, 1883, he was transferred to the Division of the Mis-
souri, where he remained to 1891 , and then changed to the
Department of Arizona. During the celebration at York-
town Colonel Corbin was made secretary of the Joint Con-
gressional Committee, and by that committee made master
of ceremonies. He was with General Garfield when he
was assassinated, and was present at his death.

102

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

COMMANDER CHARLES STANHOPE COTTON, U.S.N.

Commander Cotton was born at Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin, February 15, 1S43, and appointed acting midship-
man, at the Naval Academy, from that State, September,
1858. The crisis of 1 86 1 advanced the older midship-
men very rapidly, and in May of that year Commander
Cotton was ordered to the frigate "St. Lawrence," which
captured the privateer " Petrel" a few days afterwards,
and he was sent to Philadelphia on duty in connection
with the trial of the prisoners captured on that occasion.
Then he served on board the frigate "Minnesota," flag-
ship, and, as a midshipman, commanded the quarter-
deck battery, comprising eight VI II inch guns during
the Monitor-Merrimac action.

Commander Cotton was promoted to ensign November
1 1 , 1N62, and was attached to the steam -sloop "Iroquois,"
off Wilmington, North Carolina, and to the steam-sloop
"Oneida," of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, with a
few weeks' service on the " I lartford" and " Kineo," up to
August, 1865. He was promoted lieutenant February
22, 1864, six years after his appointment as acting mid-
shipman.

He served on board the "Oneida" during the bat-
tle of Mobile Bay, and the subsequent operations, up
to the surrender of Fort Morgan. From November,
1S65, to May, [869, he was attached to the steam-sloop
"Shenandoah" during a most interesting cruise which
embraced South America, Africa, India, and China. For
eight months of this cruise he was navigator as well
as watch-officer, lie was promoted to lieutenant-com-
mander July, 1866, was on duty at the Naval Academy
and at the Kittery Navy- Yard up to 1S71. In April of
that year he joined the frigate "Tennessee," which car-
ried out the San Domingo commissioners, whose object
was to examine into and report upon the contemplated

project of securing the use of Samana Bay for a coaling
station for the United States Navy. For a period after
this service he was attached to the "Ticonderoga" as
executive-officer, on the Brazil Station. Afterwards on
duty at Kittery Navy-Yard, and under torpedo instruc-
tion at Newport, up to September, 1S76. He was then
stationed at Norfolk, Virginia, as the executive-officer of
the "Worcester," and from October, 1876, to July, 1880,
was attached to the New York Navy- Yard.

Promoted commander April 25, 1877, commanding
" Monocacy," Asiatic Station, from September, 18S0, to
September, 1 S S 3 , except during June and July, I SS I ,
when he commanded the "Alert" on the same station.
The "Monocacy" made several interesting visits to
Corea, skirting the whole coast and entering several
ports for the purpose of showing our flag and cultiva-
ting cordial relations. At one time the " Monocacy"
was (summer of 1 882) the only foreign ship-of-war present
in Corean waters, during a crisis in the strained relations
between Corea, Japan, and China. Her commander
managed to maintain cordial relations and intercourse
with the representatives of all three countries, and, as a
mark' of confidence and of esteem for the United States,
he was furnished with a copy of the treat}- between the
three powers within an hour of its receipt from Seoul
by the representative of one of them.

In the spring of 1883 Commander Cotton conveyed
to Corea our minister, Mr. L. II. Foote, and the mem-
bers of the legation, and accompanied them to Seoul,
the capital, where ratifications of the treaty between
Corea1 and the United States were formally exchanged,
and the foreign delegation was received in state by the
king. This was the first occasion upon which foreign-
ers were presented to or received by his Majesty. The
party were also entertained at a state dinner by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, — the first ever given by the
Coreans in foreign style, with imported china, glass, and
wines, and with the use of table-cloth, napkins, knives
and folks, and so forth. These events will always be
remembered as marking an important era in the inter-
course with that remote country. The "Monocacy" was
the first ship to salute the national flag of Corea, adopted
prior to the ratification of the treat)-. In the summer of
1883 Commander Cotton conveyed from Corea to Japan,
in route to the United States, the first embassy accredited
by Corea to a foreign power other than Asiatic.

These statements are chiefly of interest as marking
the origin of a new era for the " Hermit Kingdom," and
her emergence from the shell of seclusion and isolation,
and entrance into the great brotherhood of nations.
Commander Cotton has since been inspector of ordnance,
light-house inspector ; and is at present in command oi
the U. S. S. "Mohican," Pacific Station. Commanded
five vessels in the Bering Sea, summer of 1891.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

103

CAPTAIN DAVID J. CRAIGIE, U.S.A.

Captain David J. Craigie (Twelfth Infantry) was
born at Broomieside, Fifeshire, Scotland, December 6,
1840. Entered volunteer service from Oskaloosa, Ma-
haska County, Iowa, as first lieutenant Company II,
Eighth Iowa Infantry, September 12, 186 1. Honorably
mustered out volunteer regiment and appointed captain
and assistant adjutant-general July, [864. Served in the
field, etc., on the staff of Generals Curtis, Davies, Mit-
chell, and others until close of war of the Rebellion; was
honorably mustered out of service September, 1S65.

Volunteer service : Participated in the Springfield,
Missouri, campaign, fall of 1861, under Generals McKin-
stry and Steele: thence to Pittsburgh Landing, Tennes-
see River, March, 1862; with regiment battle of Shiloh,
Tennessee, 6th and 7th of April, 1S62, commanding com-
pany ; severely wounded, captured by enemy. Lay on
battle field until evening of the 7th April ; rejoined regi-
ment August same year near Corinth, Mississippi; was
appointed aide-de-camp on the staff of Brigadier-General
Thomas A. Davies, commanding second division Army
of the Tennessee. Participated in the campaign battles
and skirmishes at and near Corinth and Iuka, Missis-
sippi, fall of 1862, and in pursuit of enemy after battle of
Corinth, 3d and 4th of October, 1S62. Thence to Col-
umbus, Kentucky, and Rolla, Missouri, on staff-duty
until January, 1864, and March, 1S65 ; serving at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, at the close of the war and there
mustered out.

Commissioned second lieutenant Twelfth Infantry U. S.
Army May, 1866. Appointed adjutant first battalion
ami regimental adjutant September ami December, same
year. Served in Washington, D. C, with regiment until
April, 1 869, a portion of the time as assistant to Adjutant-
General Garrison, of Washington; thence to Pacific coast
with regiment, serving on that coast at several stations in
California, Nevada, and Arizona until June, 1879, when
ordered to Washington, D. C. ; assistant to Colonel R. N.
Scott in preparation of Rebellion records of 1861-65,
until March, 1 88 1 ; rejoined company in Arizona April,
1 88 1. Thence to Plattsburg and Madison Barracks,
New York, till 1887, when regiment moved to Dakota
Station, Fort Yates, North Dakota. Commanded com-
pany on Sitting Bull Sioux campaign winter of 1890-91 ;
ordered to Fort Leavenworth with company March, 1891.

Promotion in regular army: First lieutenant, October,
1867; captain, December 16, 18S0.

Brevet rank : First lieutenant II. S. Army for gallant
and meritorious services in the battle of Shiloh, Tennes-
see, 6th and 7th April, 1862. Captain for gallant and
meritorious services in the battle of Iuka, Mississippi,
September, 1862.

Honorable mention : In records of the Rebellion in

reports on battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, Volume X., bat-
tles ol Iuka and Corinth, and in field- orders of division
department and battalion commander, Sitting Pull Sioux
campaign North and South Dakota, winter of 1890-91,
Port Yates battalion.

Staff-service in volunteers: Aide-de-camp from Sep-
tember, 1S62, to Jul)T, 1S64 ; assistant adjutant- general
July, [864, to September, 1865.

Staff appointments and staff services, etc., in the LT. S.
Army: Adjutant First Battalion and regimental adjutant
September and December 1, 1866, to November, 1869;
regimental quartermaster March 1, 1 871, to January 31,
1876; depot quartermaster and commanding Yuma
quartermaster depot, Arizona, June, 1870, to August,
1 87 1 , and from November, 1S7S, to April, 1879; com-
manding post, Fort Ilalleck, Nevada, June to October,
1877 ; commanding company and post, Whipple Banks,
Arizona, April, 1879, to June, 1879; thence to Washing-
ton, D. C, War Department Rebellion records, to April,
1 88 1 ; rejoined company same month. Fort Grant, Arizona.

Patties, skirmishes, etc., in which engaged : Skirmish
crossing Osage River, Missouri, October, i86i,and near
Springfield, Missouri, November, 186 1 ; skirmish again
near Sedalia, Missouri, November, 1861 ; battle of
Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862 , skirmish near Danville, Mis-
sissippi, September, 1862; battle of Iuka, Mississippi,
September, 1862 ; skirmish again near Rienzi, Mississippi,
same month, 1862 ; battle of Corinth, Mississippi, 3d and
4th October, 1862; skirmish near Davis's Mills, Hatchee
River, Mississippi, October, 1862; again near "Bone
Yard," Mississippi, October, 1862; skirmish near Bul-
lock's Farm, Kentucky, December, 1862; again near
same place, January, 1S63; skirmish with bushwhackers
at James's Mills, near Rolla, Missouri, August, 1863 ;
skirmish near Weston, Missouri, October, 1864; again
near Blue River, Kansas, November, 1864.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

CoMMANDHR T. A. M. CRAVEN, U.S.N, (deceased).

Commander Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven
was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and perished
in the iron-clad " Tecumseh," of which vessel he was in
command, and which was sunk by a torpedo during the
passage of Farragut's fleet into Mobile Bay, on the 5th
of August, 18(14. He was appointed midshipman from
New York in 1829; became a lieutenant in 1S41; and
commander in April, 1861. At the time of his death he
had seen twenty years of naval sea-service, beside eight
years on the coast survey, and was a most excellent and
reliable, as well as a gallant officer.

At the outbreak of the Civil War he was in command
of the steamer " Mohawk," in the Home Squadron ; from
which vessel he was transferred to the command of the
steam-sloop " Tuscarora ;" and in 1864, to the command
of the monitor " Tecumseh," employed in the James

River against Howletts' and other batteries, and the Con-
federate iron-clads from Richmond. He sunk in the
main channel, at Trent's Reach, four hulks filled with
'-tciie, and completed other obstructions there.

He was afterwards ordered down to Farragut, in the
Gulf, and by great exertion got there in time. When the
fleet went in, under the fire of Fort Morgan, and at a
critical moment, the " Tecumseh" was struck by a tor-
pedo, ami almost instantly went down. The " Brooklyn"
stopped her engines, but Farragut ordered her to proceed
in line, and hailed Jouett, in the " Metacomet," to drop a
boat and save the few people seen struggling in the
water. Acting Ensign Nields went in the boat and the
fleet passed on. Within three hundred yards of the great
fort, amidst pouring shot and shell, he picked up the sur-
vivors. One of the " Tecumseh's" boats, which floated,
saved seven ; and four swam on shore and were made
prisoners.

Acting Masters Cottiell and Langley, who were among
the saved, reported that, when the torpedo exploded, and
blew a large hole in the bottom, and the vessel being
instantly in a sinking condition, the order was passed to
leave quarters and all to save themselves, if they could.
" Commander Craven was in the pilot-house when the
torpedo exploded, but his chivalric spirit caused him to
lose his life. We know from the reports of the officers
saved that he insisted on the pilots taking precedence
in descending the ladder. They both reached the turret,
but as the pilot passed through the port-hole the vessel
keeled over and went down, taking with her as gallant
an officer as there was in the American navy. One
moment more and his life would have been saved
to adorn the list of officers of which he was so bright a
member. No more chivalrous event occurred during
the four years' conflict. The example shown by Craven
should be chronicled in every story of the war."

WHO SERVED IN THE CI VIE WAR.

105

MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE CROOK, U.S.A.

(deceased).

Major-General George Crook was born in Ohio,
and graduated at the Military Academy in the Class
of 1852. He was promoted brevet second lieutenant
of the Fourth Infantry, and was in garrison at Fort
Columbus, New York, until his regiment sailed for
California, when he accompanied it, and was stationed at
Benicia, Humboldt, and Jones until 1857, participating in
the escort of Topographical Party, 1S55 ; Rogue River
Expedition, 1856; and in command of Pitt River Expe-
dition, 1857, being engaged in a skirmish, where he was
wounded with an arrow. From FortTerwaw he marched
to Vancouver in 1858, and participated in the Yakima
Expedition of that year.

He was promoted second lieutenant Fourth Infantry
July 7, 1853; first lieutenant March ti, iS_:;6,and captain
May 14, 1861. Returning from the Pacific coast in 1861,
he was appointed colonel of the Thirty-sixth Ohio In-
fantry September 12, 1 86 1 , and participated in the West
Virginia operations in the early part of the war of the
Rebellion, and commanded the Third Provisional Brigade
from May I to August 15, 1S62, participating in the
action of Lewisburg, where he was wounded ; in the
Northern Virginia campaign ; in the Maryland cam-
paign with the Army of the Potomac, being engaged in
the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, 1862. He
was appointed brigadier- general of volunteers Septem-
ber 7, 1862, and continued to operate with his command
in West Virginia until February, 1863, when he was
ordered to the Western army, and was in command of
an independent division at Carthage, Tennessee, until
June of the same year, and subsequently participated in
the Tennessee campaign of the Army of the Cumberland.
He was placed in command of Second Cavalry Divi-
sion Jul)- 1, 1863, and was engaged at Hoover's Gap
Chickamauga ; action at foot of Cumberland Mountains,
McMinnville, and Farmington, and almost daily skir-
mishes.

General Crook was assigned to the command of the
Kanawha District, West Virginia, in February, 1864, and
was engaged in numerous raids and actions until the
following July, when he was assigned to the command of
the troops of the Department of West Virginia, and par-
ticipated in several actions. He was in command of the
Department of West Virginia, and participated in General
Sheridan's Shenandoah campaign of 1864, being engaged
in the action of Berry ville, battles of Opequan and Fisher's
Hill, action of Strasburg, and battle of Cedar Creek. He
was appointed major-general of volunteers October 21,
1864, and was serving with his command in West Vir-
ginia when he was captured at Cumberland, Maryland,
February 21, 1865, Returning to duty, he was placed
in command of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac

March 26, 1865, and held that command until the sur-
render of Lee, being engaged in the battle of Dinwidclie
Court-House, action of Jetersville, battle of Sailor's
Creek, combat of Farmville, and capitulation of Appo-
mattox Court-House. He was then placed in command
of the District of Wilmington, North Carolina, where he
remained until January 15, 1866, when he was mustered
out of the volunteer service.

General Crook had conferred upon him, for gallant
and meritorious and distinguished services, the following
brevets in the regular army : Major, for Lewisburg,
Virginia; lieutenant-colonel, for Antietam; colonel, for
Farmington ; brigadier-general, for the campaign of 1864
in West Virginia ; major-general, for Fisher's Hill. He
was also brevctted major-general of volunteers for
" gallant and distinguished services in West Virginia."
He became major of the Third U. S. Infantry July 18,
1866, and lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-third Infantry
July 28, 1866, and was on a Board to Examine Rifle
Tactics at Washington, D. C, and then awaiting orders
until the following November, when he was placed in
command of the District of Boise, Idaho.

He was appointed brigadier-general U. S. A. Octo-
ber 29, 1873, and major-general U. S. A. April 6, 18SS.
He commanded the Department of the Platte on two
different occasions, also the Department of Arizona
and the Military Division of the Missouri, and, while
holding the latter command, died suddenly at Chicago,
Illinois, April 5, i8<jO.

While in command of the Departments of the Platte
and Arizona, General Crook commanded the expe-
dition against Sitting Bull and the hostile Sioux in the
summer of 1876. In 1889 he was one of the commis-
sioners appointed by the President of the United States
to treat with the Indians on the subject of opening their
lands to settlement.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NA FY {regular)

REAR-ADMIRAL PEIRCF. CROSBY. U.S.N, (retired).

Rear-Admiral Peirce Crosby was born in Delaware
County, Pennsylvania, and appointed midshipman from
that State in June, 1838. Served in the" Ohio," 74, flag-
ship in the Mediterranean ; then in the " Experiment," and
the steamer " Mississippi." I le then went to the Mediter-
ranean again, in the "Congress," was transferred to the
" Preble," and came home, in 1843, to go to the Naval
School at Philadelphia. Passed midshipman in 1844. For
two years he was on the Coast Survey, and then, during
the Mexican War, in the " Decatur," at the attack and
capture of Tuspan and Tabasco, and in the " Petrel" until
the peace. Served in the " Relief " in 1849-50, carry-
ing stores to the Mediterranean and west coast of
Africa.

Commissioned lieutenant in September', 1S5 3, and made
a long cruise on the coast of Brazil, in the " German-
town." He then made another cruise in the Gulf, —
part of the time under Captain Fafragut. While at-
tached to the receiving-ship at Philadelphia, the Civil
War began. Crosby was at once actively employed,
in Chesapeake Bay, keeping open communications, and
cutting off supplies and communications. He was then
ordered to the frigate " Cumberland," and detailed for
duty on shore, at Fortress Monroe. Transported the
troops at Hampton Creek before and after the fight at
Big Bethel. His services in the landing during the at-
tack upon Forts Clarke and Hatteras were remarkable
in the face df bad weather. Lieutenant Crosby's advice
enabled the handful of troops left on the beach, when the
squadron was driven to sea, to make such a show that
their critical condition was not discovered by the enemy.

He was especially mentioned for his conduct on this
occasion. In the winter of 1861 he took command of
the " Pinola," one of the new steam gun-vessels. In
the " Pinola" he joined Admiral Farragut, in the spring
of 1862. On his way he captured a cotton prize,
and sent her north. He commanded the " Pinola" on
the memorable night when she co-operated with the
" Jtasca" in cutting the chain barrier of the Mississippi.
The " Itasca" slipped the end of the cable on the oppo-
site shore from Fort Jackson, but in doing so ran hard
aground. By Crosby's exertions she was rescued from
this position before daylight. The " Pinola" had to blow
up the vessels holding the chains, directly under the
guns of the fort. Three different attempts were made,
under fire of the fort, but each time something went
wrong with the wires. At last Lieutenant Crosby found
that a way was opened, sufficient for the fleet to pass,
and so reported. Lieutenant Crosby was engaged at
the passage of the forts, the Chalmette batteries, and
the capture of New ( hicans. He was also at the pas-
sage and repassage of the batteries at Vicksburg, and
the engagement with the "Arkansas." In the fall of
1862, he was ordered north to command the iron-clad
"Sangamon." Promoted commander September, 1862.
He was soon detached from " Sangamon" and made
fleet- captain, North Atlantic Squadron, under Admiral
Lee. Commanded an expedition up the York River,
co-operating with General Dix.

In command of the "Florida," in the winter of 1863,
destroyed two blockade-runners, at Masonborough Inlet,
under the fire of the shore batteries. In 1 864 commanded
the " Keystone State," and captured five blockade-run-
ners, lie was then ordered to the " Muscoota," but
soon detached and ordered to command " Metacomet."
Blockaded Galveston in her, and was in command of
her at the battle of Mobile Bay. Planned and directed
the construction of torpedo-nets, and spread them in the
Blakely River, removed one hundred and forty torpedoes,
and cleared the way for the squadron to pass safely
up to Mobile. He then occupied forts " Huger" and
" Tracy" on the night the rebel forces evacuated. Espe-
cially commended in the official report of Admiral That-
cher. In September, 1865, he was ordered to command
the " Shamokin," on the coast of Brazil, where he re-
mained until [868. He was made captain in May of
that year. While in command of " Shamokin," conveyed
Minister Washburn on his mission to Paraguay.

He was commissioned as commodore 1874. Rear-
admiral March, 1882. Commanded South Atlantic
Squadron. Commanded Asiatic Squadron. Retired,
on his own application, 1883.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

107

CAPTAIN WM. H. H. CROWHLL, U.S.A.

Captain Wm. II. H. Crowell (Sixth Infantry) was
born in Ohio, January 25, [841, and at the commence-
ment of the war of the Rebellion entered the volunteer
service as private of Company F, First Ohio Artillery,
April 21, 1 861, and served under General McClellan in
West Virginia, and was engaged in the battles of Phil-
ippi, June 3, 1S61 (which was the first contact of the
hostile forces after the fall of Fort Sumter), and Laurel
Hill, Virginia. He was honorably mustered out July
27, 1 861 , but re entered the volunteer service December
12, 1861, as second lieutenant Fifteenth Ohio Battery,
and served in the Western army during the campaign
of 1862, participating in the battle of the Hatchie
October 7, 1862. He was in the campaign against
Corinth, Mississippi, and under General Grant in his
Mississippi campaign of 1S62.

He resigned December 15, 1862, for the purpose of
recruiting a battery for the Second Ohio Heavy Artil-
lery, and was appointed recruiting officer by the Gov-
ernor of Ohio, with the rank of second lieutenant. He
was promoted to the captaincy of the battery Septem-
ber 9, 1S63, and served with it at Munfordville in the
fall and winter of 1863. He also served with General
Sherman in his East Tennessee campaign, returning to
his command at Knoxville, Tennessee, from the north
in December, 1864. On arriving at Nashville, he found
the enemy in possession of the road and country gener-
ally between Nashville and Murfreesborough, and, being
indefinitely detained and cut off from his command, he
reported, by order of General George H. Thomas, to
General Steadman for duty, and acted under his orders
during the battle of Nashville. He was then stationed at
Athens, Tennessee, where, by order of General Thomas,
he fired one hundred guns in honor of the fall of Rich-
mond.

He commanded Forts Willich and Terrill, at the
crossing of Green River, at Munfordville, Kentucky,
and commanded a battalion of the Second Ohio Heavy
Artillery in 1864-65.

Captain Crowell was mustered out of the volunteer
service on the 21st of August, 1865, but entered the

regular service as second lieutenant of the Seventeenth
Infantry January 22, 1867. He was promoted first lieu-
tenant December 17, 1867, serving with his regiment
until May 27, 1869, when he was placed on the unas-
signed list of officers. While unassigned Captain Cro-
well was engaged in reconstruction duty under General
Canby in Virginia, and General Ames in Mississippi ;
in the former State he was made military commissioner
and superintendent of elections for five counties, and in
Mississippi for two; his duties were to appoint and in-
struct boards of registration in the counties under his
control and recommend for appointment all county offi-
cers, and to conduct and report the result of the election
as directed in orders.

He was assigned to the Sixth Infantry December 15,
1870, and promoted to captain October 31, 1883. He
served with his regiment on frontier duty in the Depart-
ments of the Platte and the Missouri to April, 1889,
having been adjutant of the Sixth Infantry from April
10, 1882, to October 31, 1883. In 1889 he was ordered
to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and assigned to duty as
assistant instructor in infantry tactics, in connection with
the School of Application. Captain Crowell's present
station is Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

COLONEL AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE
W. CULLUM, U.S.A. (deceased).

(' \i:r. \\d Brevet Major-General George W.

I i i i i m was born in New York, and graduated from
the Military Academy July i, 1833. He was promoted
brevet second lieutenant of the Corps of Engineers the
same day, and served as assistant engineer in the con-
struction o) several government works until April 20,
[836, when he was promoted second lieutenant. He was
captain July 7, 1838, and continued as superintending
engineer in the construction of important works along the
Atlantii coa 1

II was superintending engineer for devising and
constructing sapper, miner, and pontoon trains for our
armies in the war with Mexico, 1847-48; he was de-
tailed on special duty at West Point, New York, pre-
paring lor publication a memoir on military bridges, with
India-rubber pontoons, and construction of Cadet Bar-
rai ks at West Point, New York, [847-48, and at the same
place as instructor in practical military engineering and
commandant of sappers, miners, and pontoniers to July
5. 1850.

Captain Cullum then visited Europe, Asia, Africa, and
the West 1 ni lie, on a sick-leave of absence, [850-52, when
he returned to tin.: Military Academy in his former posi-
tion, retaining it to January 1, 1X55. From that time
until the commencement of the war of the Rebellion,

■ 'lain Cullum was superintending engineer in the con

11 lion of the New- York assay-office, of Fort Sumter,
Castle Pinckney, and fort Moultrie, and other work in
( harleston harbor ; repairs to works at Forts Macon and
1 ■> iwell, North < larolina ; member of hoard to devise the
defem esol Sandy Hook, New Jersey; and superintend
of the 1 onstruction and repair of many other works af
tls Atlantic seaboard.

Captain Cullum was appointed lieutenant-colonel (staff
aide-de-camp to the general-in-chief) April 9, 1861, ami
colonel (staff, in same position) August 6, 1 86 1 . He was
a member of the lTnited States Sanitary Commission from
June 13, [861, to February 24, 1864, ami an associate
member of the Western Sanitary Commission from Jan-
uary 2 to July 1 1, [862.

He was promoted major of Engineers August 6, and
brigadier-general of volunteers November 1, (86r, serv-
ing successively as chief engineer of Military Depart-
ments ami chief of staff to General Ilalleck, while com-
manding the armies and while chief of staff of the army,
to September 5, 1864.

General Cullum was employed during this time in con-
struction of fortifications in the field, organizing defences,
etc., and was chief engineer in the campaign in Tennessee
and Mississippi in 1862, being engaged in the advance
upon and siege of Corinth and in fortifying Corinth until
July 18, 1862, and then employed on man}' other duties
connected with the Engineer Department of the army,
which cannot be enumerated here for want of space, until
the ch isc ( if the war. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel
of the Corps of Engineers March 3, 1863, and brevetted
colonel and brigadier-general March 13, 1865, for " faith-
ful and meritorious services during the Rebellion," and
major-general March 13. 1865, for "faithful, meritorious,
and distinguished services during the war of the Rebel-
lion."

General Cullum was selected as superintendent of the
U. S. Military Academy September 8, 1864, and retained
the position until August 28, 1866. He was mustered
out of the volunteer service September 1, 1866, and was
awaiting orders to the November following, when he was
detailed as .1 member of the Board of Engineers to carry-
out in detail the modifications of the defences in the vicin-
ity of New York, as proposed by the board on January
2J, 1864; and of Board of Engineers for Fortifications
and River and Harbor Obstructions required for the
defence of the Territory of the United States since May
18, [867.

He was promoted colonel of the Corps of Engineers
March 7, 1867.

General Cullum was retired from active service January
13, 1874, and died in 1892.

He was the author of a work on " Military Bridges,
with India-rubber Pontoons," 1X49; of "Register of
Officers and Graduates of the United States Military
Academy," from March 16, 1802 (when established) to
January I, 1X50; translator and editor of Duparcq's
" Elements of Military Art and History," 1863; author
of "Systems of Military Bridges," 1863; of various
military memoirs, reviews, and reports, 1863-67; and of
"Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of
the United States Military Academy," 1891.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

109

BRHVET MAJOR HARRY COOKE GUSHING, U.S.A.

Brevet Major Harry Choice Cushing (captain
Fourth Artillery) was born November 8, 1841, at Balti-
more, Maryland. Went to Providence, Rhode Island, in
1849, and lived there until the breaking out of the war.
Graduated 1S60 at the Providence High School ; under-
graduate of Brown University, which he left to join Bat-
tery A, First Rhode Island Light Artillery. Corporal
and sergeant therein from June 6 to November 5, 1S61,
participating in battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Second
lieutenant Fourth Artillery October 24, 1 86 r, command-
ing section in Light Battery F, Fourth Artillery, and en-
gaged in the following actions : Dam No. 5, December
11, 1861; Newtown, Virginia, May 24, 1802; Middle-
town, Virginia, May 24, 1862 ; Winchester, Virginia,
May 25, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1S62 ;
(brevetted first lieutenant) Freeman's Ford, Virginia,
August 23, 1862; Antietam, Maryland, September 17,
1862. First lieutenant Fourth Artillery September 17,
1862, and ordered to Army of the Cumberland. Com-
manding Light Battery H, Fourth Artillery, ami engaged
at Stewart's Creek, Tennessee, December 29, 1S62;
Stone River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862, to Janu-
ary 2, 1863; Woodbury, Tennessee, January 24, 1863;
Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19-20, 1863 (bre-
vetted captain), and siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee,
October to November, 1863. Ordered, March, 1864, to
Army of the Potomac ; Inspector of Artillery, Cavalry
Corps, Arm_\' of the Potomac, and engaged at Parker's
Store, May 5 ; Wilderness, May 6 ; Todd's Tavern, May 8 ;
Spottsylvania, May 9; Childsburg, May 9; South Anna,
May 10; Yellow Tavern, May 1 1 ; Meadow Bridges, May
12; I Ianover, May 2; ; Hawes' Shop, May 28; Old Church,
May 30; Cold Harbor, June I ; White House, June 20;
St. Mary's Church, June 2^ ; siege of Petersburg, July ;
Smithfield, August 28; (brevetted major) Bunker's Hill,
November 9; and Cedar Springs, November 12, 1864;
with the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Sheri-
dan's army in the Valley. On general recruiting service
February, 1865, to October, 1866; rejoined regiment
October, 1866, and served therewith continuously since.
Captain Fourth Artillery August 22, 1S71 ; in command
of Batter\- C until November, 1887; since when he has

commanded Light Battery B. Since the war he has
served at various posts in the Division of the Atlantic
and Division of the Pacific, and participated in the fol-
lowing Indian campaigns: Sioux campaign of 1876;
Xez Perce campaign of 1877, and Apache campaign of
1 88 1. During the Nez Perce campaign he was in com-
mand of a separate column of General Howard's army,
and was specially and particularly mentioned by that
officer for the energy and good judgment displayed by
him in executing the duties imposed on him. He is a
graduate of the Artillery School, Class of 1870. Brown
University conferred upon him, June id, 187 1, the degree
of Master of Arts. He is a member of the Military Or-
der of the Loyal Legion.

For services in action during the war he was men-
tioned particularly in the reports of his brigade, division,
corps, and army commanders of Banks's, Pope's, and
Rosecrans's campaigns.

Major Cushing is a direct descendant of Nicholas
Cooke, who was Governor of Rhode Island during the
! Revolution ; of Colonel Samuel Barrett, one of the com-
manders at Lexington ; of Captain Jarvis, of Massachu-
setts Line, and Colonel Benjamin Church, who com-
manded the Provincial army during King Philip's War,
and who killed that celebrated Indian.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD XAl'Y {regular)

MAJOR SAMUEL T. GUSHING. U.S.A.

Major Samuel T. Cushing (Subsistence Department)
was born in Rhode Island September 14, 1S39, and was
graduated from the Military Academy July 1, i860. He
was promoted acting second lieutenant of the Tenth
Infantry, and served on the frontier in the Navajo cam-
paign, and at Albuquerque and Santa Fe in the fall and
winter of [860-61. He was promoted second lieutenant
of the Second Infantry January 19, and first lieutenant
May- 14, [861, serving as such in the defences of Wash-
ington during that year. He served in the Manassas
campaign as aide-de-camp to Colonel 1). S. Miles,
Second Infantry, commanding the reserve division ; and
as acting assistant inspector-general at the head-quarters
of General McDowell, July and August, [861.

lie was then detailed as assistant signal-officer at
(amp of Instruction, Georgetown, I). C., from Septem-
ber, [861, to May, 1862, and then was placed in charge
of the Signal Office at Washington, 1). C., where he re-
mained to ( Ictober, 1862, in the mean time having been
promoted captain February 15, 1862.

Captain Cushing was appointed captain and commis-
sary of subsistence February 9, 1863, and made major in
the Signal Corps May 29, [863, which latter appointment
he declined.

He was assigned to duty as instructor of signalling
at the Military Academy July, 1863, which position
he retained until January, 1864, when he was ordered

on commissary duty in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana,
and Mississippi from 1864 to 1866.

Captain Cushing was appointed brevet major March
13, 1865, "for faithful and meritorious services during
the war."

He was at St. Louis in March and April; on inspec-
tor's duty from April 16 to August 23, 1866; on frontier
duty in the latter part of that year, and again on inspec-
tion duty from March to May, 1867; then at Fort
Laramie. Wyoming, until ordered again on inspection
duty from September to November, 1867, and then
stationed at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to December of the
same year. I fe was chief commissary of the Department
of the Platte to March 4, 1867, and in April, 1868, was
ordered to Texas, where he held the position of chief
commissary of the department until May, 1873, when his
station was changed to New Mexico, where he was chief
commissary of the district until July, 1874, at which time
he was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, as chief com-
missary of the Department of the South and purchasing
commissary. From this post he was transferred to
Atlanta, Georgia, September 20, 1 876, remaining there to
February 10, 1877.

Captain Cushing's field of action was changed to the
Pacific coast February 22, 1877, where he performed the
duties of purchasing commissary at San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, remaining there until 1880, in the mean time
having participated in the campaign against hostile Pan-
nock Indians from June to September, 1878, serving as
chief commissary of the Department of the Columbia
during the campaign and until May, 1883, when he was
placed on special duty in the office of the commissary-
general of subsistence at Washington, remaining there
to February 12, 1884. At this time he was detailed on
duty at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, distributing supplies to
the sufferers from the flood on the Ohio River, which
duty occupied him until March 17, [884, when he was
once more ordered to Texas, performing the duties of
chief commissary of that department and purchasing and
depot commissary of subsistence at San Antonio. Being
relieved from this duty in August, 1889, he was ordered
to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as purchasing and depot
commissary of subsistence, part of the time being chief
commissary of the Department of the Missouri.

Captain Cushing was promoted major in the subsist-
ence department August 28, 1888, and is at present on
dutv at Fort Leavenworth.

U'/fO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

1 1 1

COMMANDER WILLIAM B. CUSHING. U.S.N.
(deceased).

Commander William B. Cushing was born in Wis-
consin, in November, 1842, and was appointed to the
Naval Academy in September, 1 S 5 7 . lie resigned in
March, 1861, and went into the naval service afloat as an
acting master's mate, as he was of that temperament
which would not permit him to remain quietly at the
Naval School when war was at hand. His was a dis-
position which could, under such circumstances, give no
thought to theoretical studies, — fortunately for us, for
we wanted just such men at th.it time. He served in
the "Cambridge" for a short time, and was restored to
his rank as midshipman in October, 1861. After a sick-
leave he was ordered to the "Minnesota," and promoted
to lieutenant in [uly, in common with a large number of
young officers necessary to supply the demands of the
service growing out of the Civil War. Henceforth, for a
period of nearly three years, his service was eminently
conspicuous in deeds of daring. While in command of
a small steamer upon the blockade, he often visited the
inland waters of the enemy at the risk of his life. He
usually went at night, lying concealed during the follow-
ing day, and always having in view some definite object.
He had, in narrow waters, frequent fights with the field-
batteries of the enemy. Once, while blockading oil New
Topsail Inlet, he reconnoitred .1 schooner lying inside,
but was soon under the fire of a considerable force with
a field-piece and small-arms. He retired; but, late that
evening, he anchored his vessel close to the beach,
abreast of the schooner, and several miles distant from
the entrance to the inlet. Then he sent two boats on
shore, the larger one to act as support. They hauled
the smaller boat across the sand-beach, and launched her
in the inlet beyond. Ensign Coney, with six men, then
reconnoitred, and found that about twenty men and a
small piece of artillery were guarding the vessel. In
spite of this, an attack was made, the enemy routed, and
ten prisoners, a howitzer, and eighteen small-arms cap-
tured. The schooner and adjacent salt-works w:ere de-
stroyed, and the expedition rejoined the vessel without
loss.

Once, while blockading off Cape Fear River, Cush-
ing went in his gig, with six men, up the river past
Fort Caswell, to Smithville, two miles above, and got
important information. Once he entered the river in
the same way, captured the mail-rider for Fort Fisher,
and possessed himself of his bag.

His most remarkable feat, however, was the destruc-
tion of the iron-plated ram "Albemarle," while that for-
midable vessel was secured to a wharf at Plymouth,
North Carolina, with a guard of logs placed around her
at a distance of thirty feet, — her crew on board to use
her guns, and a company of soldiers on the wharf with

small-arms and howitzers. Unfortunately, the reporters
for the Northern press had found out that a torpedo-boat
was preparing for those waters, and, of course, the infor-
mation was transmitted to the enemy, so that they had
ample time for preparation. The torpedo was of the
earl_\- "boom" kind, carried in a steam-launch. The
enemy was vigilant, and Cushing's approach was discov-
ered after he had ascended the river, but before he came
very near. But, nothing daunted by the fire of artillery
and musketry, he put on steam, jumped his launch over
the logs, lowered his torpedo in a most deliberate way,
and blew the vessel up at the very moment when a shell
from one of the heavy guns of the "Albemarle" and the
column of water from the explosion of the torpedo sent
the launch to the bottom. Cushing, Paymaster Swan,
and others escaped, after much exposure in swimming
down the ice-cold water and hiding in the swamps. But
the terror of the " Sounds" was safely disposed of. For
this act he was made lieutenant-commander, being then
about twenty-two years of age. His entire career was a
daring one, but he generally succeeded in his undertak-
ings, because the) were carefully planned and carried out
with wonderful nerve.

When peace came Cushing seemed to suffer from a
lack of purpose, and he could not reconcile himself to
the perfunctory naval life. After the war he was execu-
tive-officer of the " Lancaster." He commanded the
" Maumee," on the Asiatic Station," for three years. He
was promoted to commander in the regular order in
January, 1872, when he was about thirty years old.
He then commanded the "Wyoming."

In the spring of 1874 he was ordered to the Wash-
ington Navy-Yard, but was soon detached at his own
! request. He soon showed symptoms of serious mental
derangement, and was removed to the Government
Hospital, where he died December 17, 1S74, at the age
of thirty-two years.

1 12

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (**<

CAPTAIN C. C. CUSICK. U.S.A. (retired).

Captain C. C. Cusick was born in Niagara County,
New York, August 2, 1835. He is the paternal grand-
son of Nicholas Cusick, an officer of the Revolutionary
army of [776, who was an intimate friend and co-laborer
of Washington and Marquis de Lafayette; the maternal
grandson of Captain Chew, of the British army, and the
sun of [ames Nicholas Cusick, who was for years the
associate and companion of Catlin and Schoolcraft, the
Indian historians, contributing largely to their work con-
cerning the subject of "The Myths of the New World."
His forest home in Western New York was honored by
the frequent visits of .Audubon. Captain Cusick is now
the only representative of the Six Nations of New York
favored with a commission in the regular army. As a
hereditary official of the ancient Iroquois confederacy,
he was installed to office September 6, i860, as sui 1
to William Chew, Si.. Sachem, and vacated the office
June 20, 1S66, he having received an appointment in the
regular army.

lie entered the volunteer service during the war of the
Rebellion as second lieutenant of the < ine Hundred and
Thirty-second Infantry August 14, [862; was promoted
first lieutenant July I, 1863, and captain May 31, 1865,
but owing to the long delay before the last commission
was received was not mustered in to that rank. He was
assigned to duty at Suffolk, Virginia, from Octobei to
the latter part of Decembi participated in several

reconnoissances and engagements in the Blackwater re-

1 and vicinity of Suffolk, Virginia; served at '
Berne. North Carolina, from January 2, 1863, until March
7, 1865, uty, the defence of New Bi

and active field duty ; timing the month of March, 1
the One Hundred and Thirty-second New York Infantry
inie a part of the Twenty-third Army Corps, and ad-

vanced with it into the interior of North Carolina under
Major-General Schofield ; commanded the large escort
of infantry for General Sherman's supply-train from
Goldsborough to Kingston, North Carolina, and return;
pending the surrender of General Johnston- army near
Raleigh, North Carolina, he was assigned to duty as act-
ing assistant ordnance officer of the Second Division,
Twenty-third Army Corps.

Captain Cusick led a charging force at night composed
of two companies of the One Hundred and Thirty-second
New York Infantry on works at Jackson's Mills, North
Carolina; entire Confederate grand guard captured;
1 olonel Foulke, commandant of Kingston, North Caro-
lina, attempted the rescue of prisoners the same night ;
he was also captured, together with his entire stall and
escort; led a charging party on works at Southwest
Creek, North Carolina, with one hundred and fifty
selected men; works captured and colors planted; Feb-
ruary, 1S64, participated in the heroic defence of Bache-
lor's Creek Bridge, and other points of crossing, during
the advance on New Berne by the Confederate forces
under General Pickett ; participated in the severe battle-
that was fought at Wise's Forks, near Kingston, North
( arolina, March 9-1 1, 1865. He was recommended for
brevet by the colonel of his regiment in 1867, for gallant
and meritorious services during the war; but not acted
on by the Senate of the United States owing to the order
of [867, suspending the granting of brevets.

Captain Cusick was appointed second lieutenant of the
Thirteenth Infantry June 20, 1866; transferred to the
Thirty-first Infantry September 20. 1866; transferred to
the Twenty-second Infantry May 15, 1869; promoted
first lieutenant August 5, 1872, and captain January 1.
[888. He joined his regiment in the West and aided in
repelling an attack on Fort Stevenson, North Dakota, by
hostile Sioux Indians August, 1867 ; repulsed a night attack
< if train escort "by hostile Sioux Indians near Spring Lake,
North Dakota, July 2~, 186S; engaged with one hundred
and seventy-five hostile Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull,
near Fort Buford, Montana, August 20, [868; captured
Little Running Bear, a Brule Sioux Indian, an associate
of Sitting Bull, fanuary, 1869. who was killed shortly
afterwards while attempting to escape; engaged with
a band of Indians under Crazy Horse, near Wolf Moun-
tain, Montana, January 8-9, 1877: May 7—8, 1877,
engaged with band of hostile Sioux Indians under
Lame Deer; capture of lour hundred horses and camp
destroyi 1

Captain Cusick' was appointed by Director-General
Davis, of the World's Columbian Exposition, as honorary
and special assistant in the Department of American Ar-
y and Ethnology September jj, 1891. Upon
his own request, 1 aptain ( usick was honorably retired
from active service January 14, 1892.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

1 1

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AND BREVET MAJOR-GEN-
ERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER, U.S.A. (deceased).

Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Major-General
George A. Custer was born in Ohio. lie graduated at
the Military Academy June 24, 1861, and was promoted
se ond lieutenant of the Second Cavalry- the same day.
He was detailed to drill volunteers at Washington, and
then participated in the battle of first Bull Run, July 21,
[861. He was absent, sick', from October, 1861, to Feb-
ruary, 1862, and then participated in the Peninsula cam-
paign of the Army of the Potomac, being engaged in
the siege of Yorktown. He was promoted first lieuten-
ant Fifth Cavalry July 17, 1862, and captain of stall
(additional aide de-camp) June 5, 1862, and served on
the staff of Major-General McClellan in September and
October, 1862, and was engaged in the battles of South
Mountain and Antietam. He participated in Stoneman's
raid towards Richmond, aide-de-camp to General Pleas-
onton in combat at Brand}- Station, and on June 29,
1863, he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers.
As such, lie commanded a cavalry brigade in the Pennsyl-
vania campaign, and was engaged in the action at Aldie,
battle of Gettysburg, various skirmishes in pursuit of the
enemy, with constant fighting at Monterey, Smithsburg,
I Iagerstown, Williamsport, and Boonsborough ; in fact,
from this time to the end of the war his history is that of
the Army of the Potomac, and the actions in which he-
was engaged are so numerous that it would require the
space of this entire sketch to enumerate them. He com-
manded a brigade of cavalry in the Richmond campaign,
cavalry corps in the Shenandoah campaign with Sheri-
dan, and a division of cavalry in the Appomattox cam-
paign of 1865, and was present at the capitulation of
General Lee April 5, 1865. He then made a raid to
Dan River, North Carolina, from April 24 to May 3,
1S65, and was in command of a cavalry division in the
Military Division of the Southwest from June 3 to July
17. 1865.

General Custer was appointed major-general of volun-
teers April 15, 1865, and was brevetted in the regular
army, major, for Gettysburg, July '3, 1863; lieutenant-
colonel, for Yellow Tavern; colonel, for Winchester;]
brigadier-general, for Five Forks; major-general, for
gallant and meritorious services during the campaign
ending in the surrender of the insurgent army of North-
ern Virginia. He was also brevetted a major-general of
United States Volunteers, for " gallant and meritorious
services at the battles of Winchester and Fisher's Hill, ;
Virginia."

He served in the Military Division of the Gulf from
July 17 to November 13, 1865, and was chief of cavalry
of the Department of Texas to February 1 , 1 866, at which
time he was mustered out of the volunteer service. He
was then granted leave of absence, and was awaiting
orders to September 24, 1866, when he was placed on
frontier duty at Fort Riley, Kansas, October 16,
1866.

General Custer was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the
Seventh Cavalry July 28, 1S66, and served on the plains;
in campaign against the Sioux ami Cheyennes, on the
South Platte and Republican Rivers, 1867-68; various
other expeditions, scouts, and combats, and notably the
Big Horn and Yellowstone expedition of 1876, where he
and his gallant band were all massacred in the fight with
Sitting Bull's village on the Little Big Horn River,
Montana. The closing scene in Custer's history has
been described by Horned Horse, an old Sioux chief, as
follows : " Custer then sought to lead his men up to the
bluffs by a diagonal movement, all of them having dis-
mounted and firing, whenever they could, over the backs
of their horses at the Indians, who had by that time
crossed the river in thousands, mostly on foot, and had
taken Custer in flank and rear, while others annoyed him
by a galling fire from across the river. Hemmed in on
all sides, the troops fought steadily, but the fire of the
enemy was so close and rapid that they melted like snow
before it, and fell dead among their horses in heaps.
The firing was continuous until the last man of Custer's
command was dead. The water-course, in which most
of the soldiers died, ran with bl 1

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

MAJOR AND BREVET LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
AARON S. DAGGETT, U.S.A.

Majok \\i> Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Aaron S.
Daggi i i (Thirteenth Infantry) was born in Maine June
14, 1839. Heistheson of Aaron and Dorcas (Dearborn)
I laggett, and married Rose, the daughter of Major-Gen-
eral Phillips Bradford, of Turner, a lineal descendant of
Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth County.

At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, Major
Daggetl enlisted as a private April 29, 1861, and was
commissioned second lieutenant May 1, 1 861. lie was
promoted first lieutenant of Company E, Fifth Maine
Infantry, May 24, and captain of the company August 4,
[861.

from the first engagement of the regiment (battle
oi first Bull Run) to the end of its three years' memo-
rable service, Captain Daggett did faithful duty, and
was promoted major April 14, [B63, and on January
[8, [865, was commissioned lieutenant coloi i of the
Fifth Regimenl U. S. Veteran Volunteers (Hancock's
Corps).

( olonel Daggett was brevetted colonel and brigadier-
general of volunteers March 2, [867, for "gallant and
meritorious services during the war," and received the
brevets of major L:. S. Army for "gallant and meri-
torious services at the battle of Rappahannock Station,
Virginia, November 7, [863," and lieutenant colonel for

lllanl and meritorious services in the battle of the
Wilderness, Virginia."

Immediately alter the battle of Rappahannock Station,
the captured trophies — flags, cannon, etc. — were es< orted
to General Meade's head-quarters, Colonel Daggett bein<*
in command of the battalion of his brigade, he having
been chosen by General Upton, the escort b 1 ted

from those who had taken the most conspicuous part in

that battle. General Upton wrote as follows regarding
Colonel Daggett :

" In the assault at Rappahannock Station, Colonel
Daggett's regiment captured over five hundred prisoners.
In the assault at Spottsylvania Court-House, May 10, his
regiment lost six out of seven captains, the seventh being
killed on the 12th of May at 'the angle,' or the point
where the tree was shot down by musketry, on which
ground the regiment fought from 9.30 A. M. until 5.30 P. M.,
when it was relieved. On all these occasions Colonel
Daggett was under my immediate command, and fought
with distinguished braver)-. Throughout his military
career in the Army of the Potomac he maintained the
character of a good soldier and an upright man, and his
promotion would be but a simple act of justice, which
would be commended by all those who desire to see
courage rewarded."

In recommending him to Governor Corry for promo-
tion, General Upton said :

" Major Daggett served his full term in this brigade
with honor both to himself and State, and won the repu-
tation of being a brave, reliable, and efficient officer. His
promotion would be a great benefit to the service, while
the honor of the State could scarcely be intrusted to
safer hands."

Generals Meade, Wright, and Russell concurred in
this recommendation.

General W. S. Hancock also recommended him for pro-
motion. He was twice slightly wounded during the war.
Colonel Daggett was appointed a captain in the Six-
teenth U. S. Infantry Jul)' 28, 1866; was transferred to
the Second Infantry April 17, 1869; was promoted major
January 2, 1892, and assigned to the Thirteenth Infantry.
He was not an applicant for a position in the regular
army. The appointment was made without solicitation,
by recommendation of General Grant. In the regular
arm)- he has won the reputation of being a fine tactician,
and also of being well versed in military law.

( olonel Daggett is not only a soldier, but has ability
ouside of his profession. As a public speaker, the fol-
lowing is said by the Rev. S. S. Cummings, of Boston:
" It was my privilege and pleasure to listen to an address
delivered by General A. S. Daggett on Memorial Day
of 1891. I had anticipated something able and instruc-
tive, but it far exceeded my fondest expectations. . . .
The address was dignified, yet affable, delivered in choice
language without manuscript, instructive and impressive,
and highly appreciated by an intelligent audience."

A Vinton (Iowa) paper, August, 18S9, thus says of
Colonel Daggett: "In the evening a very interesting
programme was carried out in front of regimental head-
quarters, it being music and speaking combined. . . .
Colonel Daggett proves to be an eloquent orator as well
as a good soldier."

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

115

REAR-ADMIRAL JOHN A. DAHLGREN, U.S.N.
(deceased).

Rear-Admiral John A. Da?ilgren was born in Phil-
adelphia, Pennsylvania, and appointed midshipman from
that State in 1826, serving in the Brazil and the Mediter-
ranean Squadrons, in the " Macedonian" and "Ontario;"
passed midshipman in April, 1832, and was on duty on
the Coast Survey until 1842; commissioned as lieutenant
in March, 1S37; served in the frigate "Cumberland," in
the Mediterranean, during 1844-45. Prom 1847 to 1857
he was upon ordnance duty, during which time he per-
fected the invention of the famous Dahlgren heavy guns,
introduced howitzers for use afloat and ashore, and wrote
several works relating to ordnance. In September, 1855,
he was commissioned as commander; commanded the
ordnance practice-ship "Plymouth" in 1858-59, and was
on ordnance duty at the Washington Navy-Yard in
1860-61. At this time his guns were in general use in
the navy, and there were never better or more reliable
ones of their kind.

On April 22, 1861, a few daws after the attack of the
Baltimore mob on the Massachusetts troops, all the
officers of the Washington Navy-Yard resigned and left,
except Commander Dahlgren, Lieutenant Wainwright
( who was absent on sick-leave), and the boatswain. The
officers who thus left were a commodore-commandant, a
commander, two lieutenants, the surgeon, and paymas-
ter. The command devolved upon Dahlgren, who took
vigorous measures to defend the navy-yard. After the
immediate emergency passed away, it was suggested that
the law required that a captain should command a navy-
yard, and applications were made for his position, but
the President refused to disturb him, and Congress passed
an act enabling him to retain the command. Commis-
sioned captain June 16, 1862, and shortly afterwards
appointed chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. Promoted
to rear-admiral February 7, 1863, and relieved Rear-
Admiral Dupont, in the command of the South Atlantic
Blockading Squadron, Jul}- 6 of that year. A com-
bined operation of naval and army forces, the latter
under General Gillmore, was then begun for the posses-
sion of Morris Island, on the south side of the entrance
to Charleston.

After a long and severe struggle the island was
finally possessed, and the guns of the army and the
fleet soon reduced Fort Sumter to a pile of ruins. The
fort itself was assaulted by a boat expedition which
failed. But Dahlgren's fleet thenceforth remained inside

the bar and blockade-running at that port was at an end.
In Pebruary, 1864, Admiral Dahlgren commanded in
person an expedition to the St. John's River. In July,
1864, a concerted movement was made up the Stono
River by General Foster and Admiral Dahlgren. This
expedition, well conceived, failed for want of energetic
carrying out on the part of some of the army subordinates.
The column under Colonel Hoyt actually captured Fort
Johnson, but, being unsupported, were made prisoners.
On December 12, 1864, General Sherman having success-
fully accomplished his march to the sea, reached the
vicinity of Savannah, and Admiral Dahlgren immediately
established communication with him, and made the best
possible disposition of the vessels under his command
to assist the army in taking possession of Savannah,
which was occupied by Sherman on December 21, 1864.
On February 18, 1865, the movements of Sherman's
army caused the evacuation of Charleston by the Con-
federate forces, and Admiral Dahlgren at once moved
his vessels up and occupied that city. The evacuation of
Charleston was followed by that of Georgetown, and
on February 26 the admiral occupied that place. < >n
March 1, immediately after the surrender, his flag-ship
was blown up by a torpedo and sunk. In 1866 Rear-
Admiral Dahlgren was ordered to the command of the
South Pacific Squadron. On returning from that ser-
vice, in 1868, he was for the second time appointed chief
of the Bureau of Ordnance. In the fall of 1869 he was
relieved from the charge of that bureau at his own
request, and ordered to the command of the Washington
Navy-Yard, where he died in 1S70.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

COMMANDER WM. STARR DANA, U.S.N.
(deceased).

Commander Wiiliam Starr Dana was born in New
York April, 1843; and was the son of Richard P. Dana,
win isc ancestor Richard came from England to Massa-
chusetts in 1640. Many of the members of the family
have since been well known in the literary and scientific
world. Commander Dana entered the Naval Academy in
1859, ami graduated in [863, becoming an ensign in the
same year. After a short service in the North Atlantic
Squadron, he was ordered to the West Gulf Squadron.
Was attached to the flag-ship " Hartford" at the battle
of Mobile Bay, and participated in all the events, — the
taking ol Forts Morgan, Gaines; and Powell and other
operations of that epoch of the Civil War. lie was
of those who received the thanks of Admiral Far-
it ; and was included in the thanks of Congre voted
to the "officers, seamen, and marines of the fleet, for the
unsurpassed gallantry and skill exhibited by them in the
engagement in .Mobile Bay on the 5th day of August,
[864." After the close nf the war Commander Dana
was executive-officer of the "Shenandoah," 1879-81, —
the flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Andrew Bryson, on the
South Atlantic Squadron. For two months, pending a
change ol captains, he was in command of the "Shen-
andoah." When the inspection of the ship was made.

upon the new captain taking command he reported that
the condition of the ship bore testimony to the vigilance
and industry of those in authority, — "as near perfection
as the exertions of the officers and crew could arrive at
with the armament furnished by the government." Rear-
Admiral Bryson endorsed the report very favorably,
mentioning that Dana's "best energies have been given,
as the executive, to the well-being of the vessel."

He was regarded as having most seamanlike qualities,
and was favorably regarded for the order and discipline
of the vessels in which he served. The late Admiral
Nicholson, who was a competent judge in such matters,
said, "He," Dana, "was a conscientious, painstaking
officer."

Commander Dana was for a time a companion ol the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States,
lie was also a member of the Academy of Sciences of
New York.

In 1889 he obtained .1 few months' leave of absence
for the purpose of European travel, and was on his way
home when he was taken with pneumonia, in Paris, and
died there on January 1, 1890.

After his service with Admiral Farragut in the " Hart-
Cud," he served on the Pacific Station, being promoted
to master while attached to "St. Mary's." "Aroostook,"
of Asiatic Squadron, [866-68, and promoted lieutenant
while serving in her. In the "Shenandoah," on same
station, when promoted to lieutenant-commander; and
then served in "Ashuelot." Attached to "Brooklyn"
and "Plymouth," of the European Squadron, 1870-75.
Executive-officer of " ( Issipee," in the West Indies,-
1874-75. Executive-officer of receiving-ship "Colo-
rado," 1875-77. In 1878 he took a course of tor-
pedo instruction at Newport. From 1879 to 1881 he
was attached to " Shenandoah," as already mentioned.

Commissioned commander September, 1881. After
some duty at the New York Navy-Yard, and in com-
mand of torpedo-boat "Alarm," he made a cruise in
command of the " Nipsic," South Atlantic Squadron,
returning home in June, 1886. His next station was
the Naval War College, during a course lasting some
weeks, in 18S7. In [888 he took another course at the
Torpedo Instruction, and after that was ordered to duty
at the Naval War College, Newport, from August to
November, 1888, This terminated his active service.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

117

CAPTAIN AND BRHVET MAJOR JOHN A. DARLING,

U.S.A.

Captain and Brevet Major John A. Darling (First
U. S. Artillery) was born at Bucksport, Maine, June 7,
1835. His ancestors settled in New England in 1632,
and were ever quick to respond to all calls for support
from the colonies and republic, rendering distinguished
services. Major Darling graduated at the State Military
Academy of Pennsylvania; was commissioned second
lieutenant in Second U. S. Artillery, August 5, 1861.

Ilis first service was at Fort McHenry. In the au-
tumn of 1861 he was ordered to Sedalia, Missouri, to
command Light Battery F of his regiment, well known
as " Totten's Battery."

In the exceptionally severe winter of 1862, he marched,
with his command, to St. Louis Arsenal, a distance of
three hundred miles, arriving in February after a month's
march. From there he proceeded at once to New Mad-
rid, Missouri, and was engaged in active operations both
there and at Island No. 10, resulting in their capture.

In addition to the command of his battery, he was
specially detailed, in charge of two companies of volun-
teer engineer troops, to make gabions and fascines and to
construct a field-work.

General Pope in his report says, " Lieutenant Darling's
battery, Second Artillery, U.S.A., was frequently under
the enemy's fire, and behaved in a very gallant and
creditable manner."

Having been promoted to a first lieutenancy, he was
appointed aide-de-camp to Major-General John A. Dix.
While on this duty he made the first exchange of war
prisoners, being associated with Judge Ould, commis-
sioner of the Confederate States. He was also engaged
in actual field-service before Suffolk, Virginia, and on the
Peninsula. In March, 1863, was appointed major of
Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. Commanded regiment
and Camp Hamilton, Virginia, until June. Prom there
transferred to duty at Port Monroe, Virginia, till Oc-
tober, 1864. At this date, having been detailed as acting
assistant inspector-general for the Eastern District of
Virginia, he served until June, 1865, in that capacity.
Upon being relieved and returned to his regiment at
Fort Monroe, Virginia, he remained there until Septem-
ber, 1865. During July and August, 1865, he held as
prisoners in close confinement President Jefferson Davis,
Senator C. C. Clay, and Editor John Mitchell (the Irish
refugee), of the Southern Confederacy.

Brevetted captain and major for " gallant and meritori-
ous services," he was honorably mustered out of the vol-
unteer service, and ordered to join his regular regiment,
the Second U. S. Artillery, at Alcatraz Island, San Fran-
cisco harbor, where he remained until December, 1S67,
commanding the post from July, 1866.

Placed in command of the post and his battery at Fort

Point San Jose, San PYancisco, he remained there until
February, 186S. Was promoted captain to date from
December 9, 1 S6/.

Removed to Fort Stevens, Oregon, he commanded the
post and battery there until January, 1S71.

Upon the reduction of the army in January, 1871, he was
honorably mustered out of the service. By special act of
Congress he was recommissioned as captain of artillery,
with former rank and date of commission, and assigned
to the First U. S. Artillery. The following is an extract
from the united report of the Senate and House Commit-
tees on Military Affairs, unanimously adopted by both
bodies: " His record during the war is that of a gallant,
faithful, and efficient officer, who was constantly in the
field, having command of artillery in active operations in
Missouri, at New Madrid, Island No. 10, and, later, in
the campaigns in Virginia. At the conclusion of the
war he was brevetted captain and major for gallant and
meritorious conduct."

From May, 1878, to July, 1879, he was on duty at the
Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Ordered to
Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, in July, 1879, he commanded
Battery M, First U. S. Artillery, at that point until
November, 1881. Commanded post of Fort Mason, San
Francisco, until February, 1889, nearly eight years. He
was then removed to the Presidio of San Francisco, re-
maining until April, 1889. Ordered to Alcatraz Island,
San Francisco harbor, he was on duty with his battery
until May, 1890. At that date his regiment was ordered
east, and he has been, up to the present time, in command
of his batter)- at Governor's Island, New York harbor.

Major Darling is well known in the musical world as
August Mignon, under which nom de plume have been
published, both in this country and in Europe, many
vocal and instrumental compositions of acknowledged
hi<>h artistic merit.

n.S

OFF/ CURS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (.regular)

REAR-ADMIRAL CHARLES HENRY DAMS. I I.S.N.

(hi CI \S\ D).

R i vr-Admirai Cii \rles Henry Davis, son of 1 )aniel
Davis, Solicitor-General of Massachusetts, was born in
Boston January [6, 1S07. He entered Harvard College
in [821, and on August ij, [823, was appointed mid-
shipman in the navy. 1 1 i ^ first cruise was in the Pacific,
mi board the frigate" United States," under Commodore
Isaac Hull. He served temporarily on board the
schooner " Dolphin," on a cruise to the Mulgrave Isl-
ands, in search 11I the mutineers oi the whale-ship
"Globe."

He was attached to the sloop "Erie," in the West In-
dies, in [828 ; passed his examination in [829, taking high
rank in his class; served as sailing-master of the "< )nta-
rin," in the Mediterranean, until (832 ; was commissi, med
lieutenant in [ 83 1 ; sailed in the " Yinccnncs" as flag-
lieutenant to Commodore Alexander Wadsworth, in [833,
1 hi the I'.u it'n Station; returned to the United States in
[835 in command of the American hark "Vermont,"
which had been condemned at Callao; and from [837 to
1840 he served on hoard the razee "Independence," in
Europe, and on the Brazil Station. In 1 840 he began the
serious study oi mathematics. He was attached to the
Coast Survey from [842 to [849. During this period he
discovered Davis' New South Shoal, lying off Nantucket
Shoals, and published his paper, on the Geological
Action of the Tidal and other Currents oi the Ocean,
and mi the Law of Deposit of the Flood-tide, which
gave him reputation as a hydrographer of skill. II
served on several harbor commissions. In [849 he

iblished the Nautical Almanac, and became its first

superintendent. Commander in [854, he commanded

the " St. Mary's," in the Pacific, 1856 59, I [e raised the

ol Rivas, and received the surrender of Walker,

the filibuster, thereby saving his life, and took him out of
Nicaragua. In 1 857 he published a translation of Gauss's
" Theoria Motus Corporum Ccelestium." This was the
first presentation in English of this standard authority
for astronomers. In [861 he was member of the Hoard
on Construction of New Vessels, and of the Commission
on Southern Harbors, which planned the expedition to
Port Royal, in which he sailed as fleet-captain, under
Dupont.

In May, [862, having been promoted to captain,
he relieved flag-officer Foote, in command of the Mis-
sissippi Flotilla, off Fort Pillow. A few days after as-
suming command, he, with seven vessels, beat oil a
squadron of eight iron-clads in an action lasting an hour,
the enemy's vessels avoiding capture under the guns oi
Fort Pillow. On June 5 Fort Pillow was evacuated, and
on the 6th Davis brought on a general action with the
Confederate iron dads and rams off Memphis, won a
signal victory, and received the surrender of the city,
lie then joined Farragut, and was engaged in operations
near Vicksburg and on the Yazoo River until Septem-
ber, when he was forced, through ill health, to relinquish
his command. He was made rear-admiral in [863, and
became the first chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and
in 1865 was appointed superintendent of the Naval
Observatory. In [867 he hoisted his flag on board
the " Guerriere," as commander-in-chief of the Brazil
Station.

During this cruise he proceeded in force to Paraguay
and demanded and obtained the surrender of two per-
sons, one an American and the other a British subject,
who had claimed protection of the American legation,
and had been arrested by Lopez, when the minister left
the country. Phis action involved Davis in a contro-
versy with the ministers to Brazil and Paraguay, in which
he was sustained by the Department. A congressional
investigation followed, in which he was vindicated. He
commanded the Norfolk Navy- Yard [870-73. In 1 S74
he was again appointed superintendent ol the Observ-
atory, at which post he died February 18, [877.
Admiral Davis took the degree of A. B. at Harvard, and
was made LL.D. by the same University in 1868. He
was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of the
Massachusetts branch of the Society of the Cincin-
nati, and of the Military < )rder of the Loyal Legion, and
was the author of many writings on scientific and other
subjects. He received the thanks of Congress and his
rear-admiral's commission for his victories at Fort Pillow
and Memphis.

A stained-glass window in the Memorial Hall, at Har-
vard, commemorates the fact that he was the oldest repre-
entative of the University, and the senior in rank-, who
served during the Civil War.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

•'9

COLONEL JEFFERSON C. DAVIS. U.S.A.
(deceased).

Colonel Jefferson C. Davis was born in Indiana,
and appointed from the army. He was a private in the
Third Indiana Volunteer Infantry June, 1S46 ; engaged in
Taylor's campaigns against Monterey and Saltillo, and
the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico; sergeant Third In-
diana Volunteer Infantry February, 1 S47 ; second lieu-
tenant First LT. S. Artillery June, 1848. He joined
the regiment at Fort McHenry October, 1848, and was
at Fort Washington, Maryland, and on the coast of
Mississippi until the fall of 1852. First lieutenant First
U. S. Artillery February, 1852, and in Florida in 1853.
lb- was at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, until the fall of
1855 with a light battery ; at Fort McHenry to [857;
on the east coast of Florida to summer of 1858, and at
Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, till December, l86l,when
it was evacuated and Fort Sumter occupied. Engaged
in the defence of Fort Sumter, South Carolina. He was
mi staff duty, mustering and equipping troops for the
field, Indianapolis, from May to August, 1 861. Captain
First U. S. Artillery May, 1861 ; colonel Indiana Volun-
teer Infantry August, [861 ; commanding forces holding
Jefferson City, Lexington, and Boonville; commanding
brigade in the Army of the Southwest, and at the action
of Springfield, Missouri ; commanding Camp of Instruc-
tion at Otterville, Missouri. I Ie commanded the forces
engaged in the defeat and capture of the rebels on the
Blackwater, Missouri, December, 1861. Commanded a
di\ ision and was engaged in the action at Springfield and
pursuit of Price. Commanded the troops in the action at
Cross Timbers, Arkansas, and participated in the battle
of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. lie was in command of a
division at the siege of Corinth, and in the pursuit of
the enemy to Boonville. Made brigadier-general U. S.
Volunteers May, 1862, to rank from December, 1861.
Commanded troops in the engagement at Nolensville and
Nole Gap in the advance on Murfreesborough. He was
at the battle of Stone River, and commanded the forces
in pursuit of the rebel General Wheeler. In the cam-
paign against Tullahoma and Chattanooga; engaged at
action of Liberty Gap, battles of Chickamauga, Mis-
sionary Ridge, pursuit of the rebels; actions of Chicka-
mauga Station and Shepard's Farm ; expedition for the
relief of Knoxville; reconnoissance at Dalton; action of
Buzzard's Roost (commanding forces) ; advance on At-
lanta, battle of Resaca, capture of Rome ; actions around
Dallas, assault on Kenesaw Mountain, and capture of
Marietta; in the actions of Nicojack Creek, Chatta-

hoochie River, battle of Peach-Tree Creels', and oper-
ations around Atlanta, Georgia. Brevet major-general
U. S. Volunteers August, [864; commanding Fourteenth
Arms' Corps; engaged at the battle and occupation ot
fonesborough ; pursuit of the rebel General Hood in rear
of .Atlanta. He was in Sherman's march to the sea and
through the Carolinas, being engaged at the capture of Sa-
vannah, Georgia; battles of Averysborough and Benton-
ville, capture of Raleigh, and surrender of the rebel army
under General Johnston. In the march to Washington
City via Richmond, Virginia, and transported the Four-
teenth Corps to Louisville, Kentucky, when it was mus-
tered out of service fuly and August, 1865 ; commanded
Department of Kentucky 1866; commanded expedition
to occupy Alaska, and in command of Department of
Alaska September, 1867, to August, 1870. Brevet major
U. S. Army for gallant and meritorious conduct at the
battle of Rome, Georgia; brevet colonel U. S. Army for
gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Pea
Ridge, Arkansas; brevet lieutenant-colonel U. S. Army
for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Res-
aca, Georgia; brevet colonel I7. S. Army for gallant and
meritorious conduct at the battle of Rome, Georgia;
brevet brigadier-general U. S. Army for gallant and mer-
itorious conduct at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain,
Georgia; brevet major-general U.S. Army for gallant
and meritorious conduct at the battle of Jonesborough,
Georgia. Colonel Twenty-third U. S. Infantry July, 1866.
Eastern Superintendency General Recruiting Service,
New York City, from January, 1871. Died November
30, 1879.

120

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY [regular)

COLONEL AND BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL

HANNIBAL DAY. U.S.A. (de< i vsed).

Colonel \m> Brevei Brigadier-General Hannibai
Day was born at Montpelier, Vermont, February 17,
1804; he was the son of Dr. Sylvester Day, Surgeon
I '. S. .\nn_\-. and grandson of Dr. Elkanah Day. of
Westminster, Vermont, — one of the pioneers in the set-
tlement of that State, who was active in establishing the
State government, independent of the States of New
York and New Hampshire.

Genera] Day had an early experience in the military
service, when in the beginning of the War of 1812 { 15th
Inly), at the age of eight years, he with his father and
the garrison oi Eort Michilimackinac, were taken [iris-
oners by a British force of Canadians and Indians. The
prisoners were paroled and sent to Detroit, where they
wi re, a month later, at- the surrender of the United States
forces on 16th August, 1812, of which event and of the
indignant expressions of the army officers, the general
retained a \i\ id re. 1 illection.

\iier 1 full's surrender the Michilimackinac paroled
prisoners were all taken on board a sloop and carried to
Fort Erie, on Lake Erie. Captain Elliot, of the navy,
was at Buffalo with some boats; and the gallant Captain
Laws, .11 was there with the land tones; la- \olunteered
to man the boats and rescue the prisoners, which was
acci implished on a dark night without the loss of a man ;
no mention of the- services of the army was made by
Elliot in the report of the affair. After his rescue and
his early experience of the incidents of war, young Han-
nibal Day returned to his native town and pursued his
studies in the academic schools of his native State. In

18 18 his father procured for him an appointment of cadet
in the West Point Military Academy. Ill health pre-
vented the successful pursuit of his studies, and he was
allowed to enter the next class on September I, 1 8 19,
and he was graduated on the 1st of Jul}-, 1823, and was
at that date appointed second lieutenant Second Regi-
ment U. S. Infantry, and served in the same regiment in
the grades of first lieutenant, captain, major, and lieuten-
ant-colonel. ( >n the 7th of July, 1862, he was appointed
colonel of the Sixth Regiment of Infantry. Lie was
ommissioned brigadier- general by brevet on March 13,
1865, for long and faithful service in the ami}-.

lie served fort}- years continuously: In garrison at
Fort Brady, Michigan, 1823—28; on Topographical duty,
1828-31 ; in garrison at Fort Niagara, New York, 1832;
Fort Dearborn, Illinois, 1832-33; Hancock Barracks,
Maryland, 1833-36; Fort Independence. Massachusetts,
[836; on recruiting service, 1836-3S; in the Florida
War, 1838-39 and 1841-42; at Buffalo, .1842-45 ; and
Detroit, 1845—46. In the Mexican War hew, is stationed
at Tampico, 1846-47, and afterwards served in many
places in California ami on the Indian frontier. At the
beginning of the Civil War he was at Fort Abercrombie,
and was soon ordered to Georgetown, District of Colum
liia, in command of the Second Infantry.

Colonel Hannibal Day commanded the first brigade of
Ayer's division, Fifth Arm}- Corps, and was actively
engaged at the battle of Gettysburg, rendering gallant
service in the defence of Round Top, on the extreme left
of the loyal line, where he had a horse killed under him.
I le held the same command during the march to Warren-
ton, Virginia, and until he was retired from active .ser-
vice, August 1, 1863, owing to want of sufficient physical
strength to perform service in the field. lie then com-
manded Fort Hamilton, New York, till Jul}- 8, 1864, and
afterwards served on various military commissions and
courts-martial till June 14, 1869, when he was relieved
from duty,

He died at Morristown, New Jersey, March 26, 1891,
at the age of eighty-seven years.

At the time of his death he was third in academic
rank of the living graduates of the Military Academy, his
seniors being Colonel William ('. Young-, of the Class of
1882, and brevet major-general Georget S. Green, of the
( las- of 1 82 3.

General Day married, in 1831, Anna Maria Houghton,
daughter of Thomas and Mary Leggate (Chase) Hough-
ton, who died in 1881. He leaves one son, Sylvester
Henry Day, of Carson City, Nevada, and one daughter,
Mrs. Hoff, wife of Captain John Van Rensselaer Hoff,
M.D., assistant surgeon U. S. Ann v.

WHO SERVED LV THE CIVIL WAR.

121

CAPTAIN SELDEN ALLEN DAY, U.S.A.

Captain Selden Allen Day (Fifth Artillery) was
born at Chillicothe, Ohio, July 22, 1838. His father,
1 lemoval T. Day, was a native of Virginia, and his
mother, Ruth Merriam, of Vermont. His grandfather,
Samuel Day, and his great-grandfather, Leonard Day,
were Virginia soldiers in the Revolutionary War, and
both were at the capture of Yorktown and surrender of
Cornwallis. In April, 1861, Captain Day obtained au-
thority and raised a company of volunteers at Bowling
Green, Ohio, for the war of the Rebellion. Owing, how-
ever, to the excess of troops enrolled under the first call,
this company was not mustered, and was disbanded.
Captain Day then enlisted as a private in Company C,
Seventh Ohio Infantry, June 20, 1861, participating in
the campaign in West Virginia, that year. After the
action of Cross Lanes August 26, where his regiment
suffered heavy loss, he was made corporal. He was
present at Loop Creek, Paw-Paw, Romney, etc., in the
winter of 1861-62.

At the battle of Winchester, Virginia, March 23, 1862,
Corporal Day, though injured early in the fight, re-
mained at the front ; and in a charge of his brigade was
one of the first over the stone wall forming part of the
defence of the enemy, and was one of a small party fol-
lowing Major Casement into a battery and capturing the
guns. At the close of the fight he had the good fortune,
with the aid of a comrade, to capture and bring in a stafl
officer of General Jackson. For his part in this action
Corporal Day was promoted sergeant and recommended
for a commission.

In the battle of Port Republic, June 9, 1862, Ser-
geant Day bore an active part, and, though again
wounded, formed one of the rear-guard in the retreat
after the battle.

At the battle of Cedar Mountain, where his regiment
suffered terribly, August 9, 1862, Sergeant Day, though
at one time "between two fires," escaped unhurt, and at
the close of the action found himself in command of the
remnant of three companies.

The fatigue and hardships of the campaign of 1862,
however, brought about at last what shot and shell failed
to accomplish, and at its close we find the subject of our
sketch liors de combat. For several months he remained
in hospital at Frederick, Maryland, where, having for-
merly studied medicine, as soon as able he performed
efficient service in the care of the sick and wounded.
During this time he was given the option of a discharge
for disability or a transfer to the regular army as hos-
pital steward. He chose the latter, and was ordered to
Baltimore for duty. When that city was threatened in
the summer of 1863, Steward Day, under the mayor,
was instrumental in organizing and drilling companies
16

made up of members of the Union League and conva-
lescents in the hospitals for special service.

After his health was restored, and on application for
field service, Steward Day was called to Washington,
D. C, appointed second lieutenant Fifth Artillery, and in
the spring of 1864 ordered to the front. He joined Bat-
tery A in the battle of Cold Harbor, and was brevetted
first lieutenant for that action. He served continuously
in the field until the close of the war; entered Richmond
with Battery F, Fifth Artillery, April 3, 1865, and was
brevetted captain for " gallant and meritorious services
during the war."

Since the war Captain Day has served in various parts
of the country. He was detailed in charge of cholera
quarantine at Craney Island, Virginia, and afterwards
to command Battery F, Fifth Artillery, at Richmond,
Virginia, in 1866, in which year he was promoted first
lieutenant. He was made president of Board of Regis-
tration and Elections, and military commissioner in Vir-
ginia under the reconstruction acts in 1867-68. For
several years he acted as ordnance officer, and was in-
structor in signalling and rifle practice at Fort Adams,
Rhode Island. He graduated from the Artillery School
in 1874, and from the Medical College of the State of
South Carolina 1880. He was recorder of Board on
Magazine-Guns 1881-82; promoted captain Fifth Artil-
lery 1886; commanded Fort Wood, Bedloe's Island,
New York harbor, March to June, 1887.

He travelled in Europe in 1888; was ordered to the
Pacific coast in 1890, and assigned to the command of
Fort Mason, San Francisco, California, where he is now
serving.

Captain Day is a man in the prime of life, of medium
height and weight, fair complexion, with brown hair,
gray-blue eyes, and is a hard worker, an enthusiastic
sportsman, and an expert rifle-shot.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN CHARLES C. DE RUDIO, U.S.A.

Captain Charles C. De Rudio (Seventh Cavalry) was
born on August 26, 1832, in the city of Bellemo, then
the State of Venice. In [845 he entered the Austrian
Military Academy of Milan. At the revolution of [848
he left the Austrian army and joined the Venetian Legion
of the Cacciatori delle Alpi in Venice ; served and par-
ticipated at the siege and sorties till March, 1849, "hen
he left Venice and entered the Legion of Garibaldi in
Rome. I le served and participated with that legion in
the battles of April 30, 1S49, against the French; at
the battles of Palestrina and Velletri against the Nea-
politan Bourbon army, and at the siege of Rome till
its fall.

lb entered the U. S. Volunteers August 25, 1S64,
in the Seventy-ninth New York Highlanders, and
was sent to the front in Virginia. He joined his regi-
ment at F<>rt Hays, near Petersburg, Virginia; served
with his company (A) up to < October 16, 1864, when he
received a lieutenant's commission in the Second U. S.
Colored Troops. He was discharged from the Seventy-
ninth New York ti 1 enable him to accept the c< immission,
and two weeks afterwards was sent to his company (D),
stationed at Fort Meyer, Florida. He was then ordered
to Punta Rassa, at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee, to
guard a large depot containing over two millions of
rations and ammunition, collected there for an expedi-
tion to capture Fort St. Mark, Florida, by General John
Newton. The detachment was composed of sixteen men.
1 fining their absence a Confederate force attacked Fort
Meyer. One of the videttes captured by the enemy
near Fort Meyei escaped, and reported to Lieutenant
De Rudio the circumstances of his capture and the at
tack on Fort Meyer. He immediately made prepara-
tion,, in case he could not defend the depot, to destroy

it by fire. The next morning the enemy made his ap-
pearance in the mangrove wood, about three miles off,
but soon they were observed to be on a precipitate
retreat, the gun-boat " Thunderer" happily making its
appearance.

In a few days General Newton arrived with the Sev-
enty-ninth, and De Rudio was complimented by the gen-
eral for his conduct. Although he was anxious to par-
ticipate in the expedition, he was ordered to remain at
his post with thirty-sixty men, and ordered to fortify the
place.

On the return of the expedition, De Rudio was ordered
to Fort Meyer. On arriving there, he was informed that
the post was to be abandoned, and that he had been
picked out to remain with a detachment of thirty picked
men, for the purpose of destroying the fort, after the
troops, refugees, and property had safely arrived at Punta
Rassa, as the enemy was supposed to be in the vicinity
of the fort. The garrison left by land, and the refugees
and property were transported by water. Finding that
the fort could not effectually be destroyed, after demol-
ishing all the barracks and buildings the block-houses
were burned. After executing his orders, De Rudio,
during the night, marched to Punta Rassa.

On January 5, 1866, he was mustered out at Key
West, Florida.

Lieutenant De Rudio was recommended for the brevet
of captain by General Newton, but he never received it.

On August 31, 1867, he was appointed second lieuten-
ant Second U. S. Infantry by General U. S. Grant, while
Secretary of War ad interim. He reported at Louisville,
Kentucky, to his regiment. In March, 1.X6X, he was
selected by the major-general commanding the depart-
ment to take charge of a detachment of fifty picked
mounted infantry at Lebanon, Kentucky, for the purpose
of assisting the U. S. Marshal to enforce the Civil-
Rights Bill and the public-revenue law.

In April, 1869, he was relieved of that arduous duty,
and ordered to his company at Louisville, then under
orders to go to Atlanta, Georgia, for consolidation with the
Sixteenth Infantry. On August 17 he was placed on wait-
ing orders by reason of being a junior officer; but the
same day received a telegram from the Adjutant-General
of Department of Cumberland to report without delay
to those head-quarters, and was ordered to Lebanon,
Kentucky, to resume charge of the mounted detachment.

Lieutenant De Rudio was recommended by Major-
General G. H. Thomas for transfer to the cavalry, and
July 14, 1869 was transferred to the Seventh Cavalry;
and the following month was relieved from Lebanon and
ordered to join his new regiment in camp near Fort
Hays, Kansas. He was assigned to H Troop, and par-
ticipated in all the marches and campaigns with the regi-
ment up to 1889.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

123

CAPTAIN GEORGE DEWEY, U.S.N.

Captain George Dewey is a native of Vermont, and
was appointed a midshipman from that State in Septem-
ber, 1854. He graduated from the Naval Academy in
1858, well up in his class, and served in the frigate " Wa-
bash," in the Mediterranean, for the next two years. When
the Civil War occurred he was ordered to the steam-
frigate " Mississippi," and served at New Orleans, Port
Hudson, and Donaldsonville, Louisiana, in that vessel,
having been commissioned lieutenant in April, 1861. The
episode of the destruction of the " Mississippi" (although
a misfortune to the cause, in the unavoidable destruction
of a fine vessel which was not only very serviceable, but
dear to many officers and men who had sailed in her)
brought forth Lieutenant Dewey's fine qualities as an of-
ficer in a more marked degree than any previous action.
The destruction of the " Mississippi," which had served
on stations all over the world, and bore Perry's broad-
pennant at the opening of Japan to the world, appropri-
ately occurred in the river from which she was named,
and in consequence of a well-sustained action. The whole
affair was creditable in the highest degree, and especially
to Captain M. Smith and his first lieutenant, who had
made the ship so efficient, and who were the last to leave
her. Admiral Porter remarked, " It is in such trying
moments that men show of what metal they are made,
and in this instance the metal was of the very best."

After the destruction of the " Mississippi," Lieutenant
Dewey was ordered to the steam-gun-boat " Agawam,"
of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and was engaged
heavily with rebel batteries in August, 1864, for which
Commander Rhind, his officers and men, received the
highest praise in the report of the admiral commanding
to the Navy Department.

Lieutenant Dewey served at both attacks upon Fort
Fisher. He was commissioned lieutenant-commander
March 3, 1865, eleven years after his entry as an act-
ing midshipman. He served in the " Kearsarge," on the
European Station, in 1866. He was transferred to the

"Colorado," frigate, flag-ship, in 1867, and, for some
months, served on board the " Canandaigua," of the same
squadron, showing executive ability of a high order at a
time when it was needed.

During 1868-69 ne was stationed at the Naval Acad-
emy, and then commanded the " Narragansett," on special
service, in 1870-71. On duty at the Torpedo Station in
1872 — just as he was made commander. For the next
three years he was upon the Pacific Survey, in the " Nar-
ragansett," and followed this service by a term as light-
house inspector. He was the secretary of the Light-
House Board from 1877 to 1882. Then he made a
cruise in command of the " Juniata," on the Asiatic Sta-
tion, and was promoted captain in 1884. In that year he
commanded the " Dolphin," and then was in command
of the " Pensacola," the flag-ship of the European Sta-
tion, from 1885 to 188S.

Captain Dewey is now the chief of the Bureau of
Equipment and Recruiting, with the rank of commodore,
having been commissioned, and approved by the Senate,
in 1889.

124

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (.regular)

CAPTAIN JOHN W. DILLENBACK, U.S.A.

( \ i tain John \V. Dillenback (First Artillery) was
born in New York; appointed from New York ; enlisted
in Company G, Tenth New York ] [eavy Artillery, August
7, 1S62; served in the defences of Washington, D. C,
until August, 1863; commissioned by the President
captain in the Fourth U. S. Colored Infantry August,
1865; commanded battalion on recruiting and picket
duty at Williamsburg, Virginia, to April, 1864; on
duty at Point Lookout, Maryland, till May, 1864-
n ;agi d in the operations of the Army of the James for
the capture of Petersburg, Virginia, till June 15, 1864;
severely wounded while charging a battery in the de-

fences of Petersburg, Virginia, June 15, 1864; engaged
in repelling attack on Fort Harrison, Virginia, Septem-
ber 30, 1864; with hist expedition under General Butler
for the capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, Decem-
ber, 1864; engaged in the operations that resulted in the
capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, January 15, 1864;
wounded in charge on works on Sugar-Loaf, North
Carolina, in the advance on Wilmington, North Carolina,
February 1 r, 1865 ; with General Sherman's army at the
capture of Raleigh and surrender of General Johnston's
army; served in North Carolina till the autumn of 1865 ;
commanded successively Forts Mahan and Stanton, near
Washington, D. C, until April, 1S66; was brevetted
major and lieutenant-colonel of volunteers for gallant
and meritorious services during the war, and honorably
mustered out of volunteer service April 11, 1866; was
appointed second lieutenant, First U. S. Artillery, Feb-
ruary 23, 1866; first lieutenant May 1, 1866; was with
light batteries of regiment in New Orleans, and Browns-
ville, Texas, to May, 1867; at Artillery School, Fort
Monroe, Virginia, and graduated May, 1869; disbursing
officer, Freedmen's Branch, Adjutant-General's Depart-
ment, in Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South
Carolina, from 1872 until October, 1874; appointed
regimental quartermaster March I, 1875, and served as
such to June 30, 1882, when he was promoted to captain,
First U. S. Artillery; stationed at Fort Adams, Rhode
Inland, from 1S75 to December, 1881 ; on duty in the
harbor of San Francisco, California, from 1881 to May
1890, when ordered to Fort Hamilton, New York harbor ;
assigned to command of Light Battery K, First Artillery,
January 25, 1889, and still retains command of it at Fort
I [amilton, New York harbor.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

125

CAPTAIN EUGENE D. DIMM1CK, U.S.A.

Captain Eugene D. Dimmick (Ninth Cavalry) was
born in Athens, New York, July 31, 1S40. He entered
the volunteer service at the commencement of the war oi
the Rebellion as a private in Company G, Second New
Jersey State Militia, April 26, 1 86 1, and was discharged
July 31, 1 86 1. He re-entered the volunteer service as
first sergeant of Company M, Fifth New York Cavalry,
October 7, 1861, and was appointed second lieutenant of
that regiment Ma)- 9, 1862, and promoted first lieutenant
October 10, 1862. He participated in the campaigns of
the Army of the Potomac, and was engaged in the actions
of Harrisonburgh and Culpeper, battles of Cedar Moun-
tain (commanding company), second Bull Run (escort to
General Banks), South Mountain, Antietam, Brandy
Station, and Chantilly; actions of Warrenton Junction,
Thoroughfare Gap, Beverly Ford, and Hanover Junction ;
battle of Gettysburg, and actions of Boonsborough and
Hagerstown, where he was severely wounded, taken
prisoner, and released.

He was promoted captain July 5, 1863, and in Novem-
ber he was discharged for disability arising from wounds.
He again entered the service, as second lieutenant of the
Eighteenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, February,
[864, and served at Albany, New York, and on the
Canada border during the Fenian raids, and was mustered
out June 30, 1866.

Captain Dimmick entered the regular service as second
lieutenant of the Ninth Cavalry August 9, 1867, and
joined his regiment in Texas, where he served from 1867
to 1875, and was then ordered to change station with his
regiment to the Department of the Missouri, he taking
station first at Fort Wallace, Kansas. lie was at Fort

Lyon, Colorado, in 1876, and then was changed to Fort
Union, New Mexico, where he served in 1877-78. He
participated in the campaign against Victorio in 1879-80,
through New Mexico, Arizona, and Old Mexico. He
was after that detailed on recruiting service in 1882-84,
subsequently returning to Fort Riley, where he was
during the years 1884-85.

Lieutenant Dimmick was promoted first lieutenant
Ninth Cavalry January 10, 1870, and captain October 25,
1883. He participated in the Boomer campaign, Indian
Territory, and was then transferred to Fort McKinney,
Wyoming, in 1885. He commanded a battalion (D and
H Troop, Ninth Cavalry) at the affair at Crow Agency,
Montana, November 5, 1887, when " Sword-Bearer" was
killed.

126

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular

COLONEL AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL ABNER
DOUBLEDAY, U.S.A. (retired).

Colonel and Brevet Major-General Abner
Doi bledai was born at Ballston Spa, New York, and

iduated from the Military Academy in the Class of
1842. IK- was then promoted brevet second lieutenant
of the Third Artillery, serving three years in this grade,
when he was promoted second lieutenant of the First
Artillery February 20, [845, and first lieutenant March

3. |S47-

lie served during the war with Mexico, being engaged
in the battle of Monterey, September, 1846, and in the
operations connected with the battle of Buena Vista,
February 22—23, 1847.

At the close of the Mexican War the United States
government purchased < California for three million dollars,
rving from this sum sufficient money to compensate
our merchants residing in Mexico whose property had
been illegally confiscated by the authorities there. A
Cuban, named George A. Gardner, of English descent,
claimed to be an American citizen. He a erted that the
President of Mexico had directed that the entrance to a
mine belonging to him, worth eight hundred thousand
dollars, should be blown up. He was awarded (in 1852)
five hundred thousand dollars. After the money was
paid, President Fillmore bi 1 ame i onvinced that Gardner
never owned a mine in Mexico, but there was such a

strong 1 m for him, and he was so strongly supported

politically, that it became ne< essary to take extraordinary
measures. A special commission was sent to Me
with a distinguished lawyer at the head. It included our
secretary oflegation, an expert in Spanish jurisprudence,
one officer of the army, and one of the navy. Lieul
ant Doubleday represented the army. In consequi
of their report, Gardner was ultimately o I, he

having supported his claim by perjury and forged docu-

ments, and committed suicide in court by swallowing a
roll of strychnine.

Lieutenant Doubleday was promoted to a captaincy
March 3, 1855, and was engaged in hostilities with the
Florida Indians in 1856-58. He was second in command
at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, at the time of its first
bombardment, April 12-14, 1 86 1, on which occasion he
aimed the first gun of the war on the side of the Union ;
he was appointed major of the Seventeenth Infantry
May 14. 1 861, and participated in the Shenandoah cam-
paign, under General Patterson, in 1861; he was ap-
pointed brigadier-general of volunteers February 3,
[862, and participated in the campaign of the Arm}- of
the Potomac, being engaged in the battles of Groveton,
second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericks-
burg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg; having been pro-
moted major-general of volunteers November 29, 1S62.

While in camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia, he was
sent with two regiments to make a demonstration against
Port Conway, on the lower Rappahannock, with a view
to attack the enemy in that direction, and thus facilitate
the crossing of General Hooker's army above, April
20-2 t, 1863 ; on July I he went forward to Gettysburg,
by order of General Reynolds, to reinforce Buford's cav-
alry, who were holding the ridge west of the Seminary,
and General Reynolds being killed, General Doubleday
took his place, acting for some hours in command of the
field, when General Howard made his presence known. On
this occasion the First Corps captured Archer's brigade,
the greater part 1 if 1 )a\ is's brigade, and almost annihilated
Iverson's brigade. The second day General Doubleday's
division, with a brigade under General Stannard, was
sent to assist in regaining the position which the enemy
had taken; he followed them up and retook six guns
which they had captured. When Pickett's grand charge
advanced on the third davit exposed the right flank, and
General Doubleday s front line, under General Stannard,
wheeled, threw themselves upon the vulnerable point,
and disordered the enemy's advance to such an extent
that they were easily repulsed.

General Doubleday was promoted lieutenant-colonel
Seventeenth U. S. Infantry September 20, 1863; honor-
ably mustered out of volunteer service August 24, 1865 ;
mel Thirty-fifth U. S. Infantry September 15, 1867;
assigned to the Twenty-fourth I'. S. Infantry December
15, 1870. He was made brevet lieutenant-colonel Sep-
tember 17, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services in
the battle of Antietam, Maryland; brevet colonel July
2, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services in the
of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; brevet brigadier-
and major-general March 13, 1865, for gallant and meri-
torious services during the war.

He was retired from active service, at his own request,
December 11, 1 873.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

127

COLONEL HENRY DOUGLASS, U.S.A. (retired).

Colonel Henry Douglass was born in New York-
March 9, 1827, and graduated from the Military Acad-
emy in the Class of 1852, when lie was promoted brevet
second lieutenant of the Seventh Infantry. He was pro-
moted second lieutenant of the Eighth Infantry December
31, 1S53. Upon the organization of the Ninth Infantry,
in 1855, he was transferred to that regiment March 3, and
gained his first lieutenancy September 10, 1856. He
served in garrison at Newport Barracks, Kentucky, Fort
Monroe, Virginia, and on frontier duty.

He was detailed as assistant professor of drawing at
the Military Academy January 16, 1858, and served there
until July 2, 1861, having been promoted captain of the
Eighteenth Infantry May 14, 1861. He entered the field
during the war of the Rebellion, and participated in the
battle of first Bull Run, July 21, i86[, and then served
in the defences of Washington to October of that year.
He joined his regiment in the Army of the West, partici-
pating in the Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns and
the actions connected therewith from February until June,
1 S62. He then served with the army under General Buell,
through Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky,
from June to September, 1862, being engaged in the skir-
mish near Chaplin Hills, and in the battle of Perryville,
October 8, 1S62. He also participated in the actions
under General Rosecrans, in his Tennessee campaign, from
November, 1S62, to April, 1863, ami was engaged in the
battle of Stone River, where he was wounded.

Captain Douglass was then detailed on the recruiting
service from April to September, 1863, and on mustering
and disbursing duty at Cleveland, Ohio, from December,
1863, to January, 1864, and was in charge of chief mus-
tering and disbursing office of the State of Ohio from
September, 1864, to June, 1866. He had the brevet of
major conferred upon him December 31,1 862, for " gallant

and meritorious services in the battle of Murfreesborough,
Tennessee."

He was promoted major of the Third Infantry July 28,
1866, upon the reorganization of the army, and served on
frontier stations. Upon the consolidation of regiments,
in 1869, he was unassigned, March 15, but placed on duty
as superintendent of Indian affairs for the State of Nevada,
which position he occupied until January 1, 1871, when
he was assigned to the Eleventh Infantry. He was pro-
moted lieutenant-colonel of the Fourteenth Infantry Jan-
uary 10, iS76,and served with his regiment at Fort Cam-
eron, Utah, cantonment on the LTncompahgre, Colorado,
and Fort Townsend, Washington, until promoted colonel
of the Tenth Infantry July 1, 1885, when he joined his
regiment in New Mexico, and served at Fort LTnion, Fort
Bliss, Texas, and Santa Fe until retired, by operation of
law, March 9, 188 I.

Colonel Douglass is at the present time making his
home at Barnegat Park, New Jersey.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN PERCIVAL DRAYTON, U.S.N.
(HI ceased).

Captain Percival Drayton, an officer of recognized
ability and conduct in every position in which he was
placed, was horn in South Carolina, coming of a well-
known and influential family. His father was the Hon-
orable William Drayton, M.C.

Percival Drayton was appointed midshipman, from
South Carolina, in December, 1X27, and became a lieu-
tenant in the navy on February 28, 1838.

After the usual varied service of the younger officers
of his grade, including a period at tile Naval Observa-
tory at Washington, he was promoted to commander in
1S55. When the Paraguay expedition was organized, in

1S5S, he became the aid, or fleet-captain, of Commodore
Shubrick, returning with him to the United States when
a satisfactory settlement was had. From i860 to the
outbreak of the Civil War, he was upon ordnance duty
in Philadelphia, where many of his family resided. He
was, however, strongly bound by family ties to the
seceding States. He never wavered, however, but de-
clared his allegiance to the flag under which he had
served for a third of a century.

In the naval expedition which resulted in the capture
of Port Royal he commanded the steamer " Pocahontas,''
of Dupont's squadron, while his brother, General T. F.
Drayton, commanded the Confederate troops at Hilton
Head Island, and fought the principal batteries opposed
to the squadron. Such instances were not rare during
that war.

After the capture of Port Royal he was transferred to
the " Pawnee," and on July 16, 1862, upon his promotion
to captain, was ordered to command the new Ericsson
monitor " Passaic."

In this vessel he took part in the bombardment of
Fort McAllister, and in Dupont's attack upon Fort
Sumter.

He was next ordered as fleet-captain of the West Gulf
Squadron under I^arragut, and served in the flag-ship
" Hartford" at the battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864.
He particularly distinguished himself as Farragut's chief
of staff, as the detailed accounts of this remarkable action
show.

He was appointed chief of the Bureau of Navigation
on April 28, 1865, but died on August 4, 1865, at Wash-
ington.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

129

BRIGADIER-GENERAL RICHARD CAULTER DRUM,
U.S.A. (retired).

Brigadier-General Richard Caulter Drum was
born at Greensborougli, Westmoreland County, Pennsyl-
vania, May 28, 1825. His military history commenced
with his enrollment as a private in Company K, First
Pennsylvania Volunteers, December 8, 1846, with which
he served during the siege of Vera Cruz. He was ap-
pointed second lieutenant Ninth Infantry February 18,
1847, and served with that regiment during active oper-
ations in Mexico, participating in the battles of Contreras,
Churubusco, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, Garita Belen,
and capture of City of Mexico.

He was transferred to Fourth Artillery March 8, 184S,
and returned with that regiment at the close of the war,
serving immediately after in .Alabama, Florida, and Loui-
siana, when he was sent to the light batter)' at Fort
Leavenworth September 30, 1850, and thence to Fort
Columbus May 23, 185 1. He conducted, by the over-
land route, recruits from New York to Jefferson Barracks,
and thence to E"ort Kearney, returning July 30, 1851,
and joined his company at Governor's Island.

At the threatened secession of South Carolina in 1851
he went with his company to Fort Johnston, North
Carolina, where he remained until June 6, 1852, when he
was ordered to Fort Brady, Michigan, and was stationed
there until October, 1853, at which time he was assigned
to the light batten- at Fort Leavenworth.

In May, 1855, he acted as quartermaster and commis-
sary to the battalion of the Sixth Infantry in its march
from Leavenworth to Kearney, in July ; returned to
Leavenworth and joined company temporarily armed
as mounted riflemen, and served with it against hostile
Sioux Indians, participating in the action of Blue Water
September 3, 1855. On the 24th of October, 1855, he
was appointed aide-de-camp to General W. S. Harney,
commander of the expedition, to June 30, 1856. He
commanded a detail of light artillery during the Kansas
troubles in 1856, and was acting depot quartermaster at
Fort Leavenworth. He was appointed aide-de-camp to
General Persifor F. Smith, commanding Department of
the West, and acting assistant adjutant-general at head-
quarters of that department until the death of General

Smith, in May, 1S5S, when he joined his company at the
Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Virginia, June, 1858.
From September, 1S58, to January, i860, was adjutant
of the school and ordnance officer until March, 1861,
when he was appointed assistant adjutant-general, and
assigned, at the request of General Sumner, to duty at
the Head-quarters Department of the Pacific, where he
continued to serve until October, 1866. He reported
to General Meade November 1, 1866, and continued
at Head-quarters Department of the East till January,
1 868, when he accompanied General Meade to Head-
quarters Third Military District, Atlanta, Georgia. On
the 20th of March, 1869, he was assigned to the Division
of the Atlantic, Philadelphia, where he continued to serve
until the death of Major-General Meade, November, 1872,
when he reported to Major-General Hancock at New
York.

In November, 1873, General Drum was assigned to
duty with Lieutenant-General Sheridan, and remained at
Head-quarters Division of the Missouri until May, 1878,
when he was assigned to duty in adjutant-general's
office, Washington, D. C.

He was appointed adjutant-general of the army June
15, 1880, and was retired under the law May 28, 1889.

General Drum's present residence is at Washing-
ton, D. C.

130

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

LIEUTENANT -COLONEL WILLIAM F. DRUM, U.S.A.

Lieutenant-Colonel William F. Drum (Twelfth
Infant]')') was born on Governor's Island, New York,
November i6, 1833. He is the son of Captain Simon
A. Drum, Fourth Artillery, who fell while commanding
his battery at the Helen Gate, City of Mexico, Septem-
ber 13, 1S47. He was at Owatonna, Minnesota, in the
spring of 1861, and, at their request, drilled young men
for the volunteer service; he then proceeded to Wash-
ington, D. C, in May, 1861, and made application for
commission in regular army; he was commissioned by
Governor of Ohio to raise a company of three years'
volunteers; while so engaged at Springfield, Ohio,
received appointment in regular army, and resigned
State appointment.

I [e was commissioned second lieutenant of the Second
United States Infantry August 5, [ 86 1, having partici-
pated as a private of Company F, Second Ohio Volun-
teers, in the battle of first Bull Run, July 21, iNf.i, and
discharged July 3 1 , [861. lie joined the Second United
States Infantry in Washington, and there was employed
with his regiment on provost duty until his regiment
took the field with the Army of the Potomac in [862,
and was engaged at the siege of Yorktown, battles of
Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, second Bull Run, Antietam,
action of Shepherdstown Lord, and battles of Fred-
ericksburg and Chancellorsville; and with reserve at
the battles of Hanover Court-House, Mechanicsville, and
White Oak Swamp; engaged at the operations at Mine
Run, and with reserve at the battles of Rappahannock
Station and Bristoe Station. He was promoted first
lieutenant l >. tober 9, 1861, and captain May 1, 1863.

Colonel Drum was detailed as acting inspector of the
Provost-Marshal's Department of the State of Wiscon-
sin in May, 1863, and remained on that duty until July

of the same year, when he rejoined his company in the
Army of the Potomac, but was shortly transferred with
his regiment to New York City, where he participated in
quelling the draft riots. He was then detailed on duty
in New York harbor, and appointed inspector of the
Prison Camp at Elmira, New York, until February,
[864, when he joined his regiment in the Army of the
Potomac, and was present at the battles of the Wilder-
ness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Tolopotomy, Bethesda
Church, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Grove
Church, and First Hatcher's Run; he was appointed
lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth New York Volunteers
April 1, [865, and was engaged at the battle of Five
Forks, Virginia, and the subsequent capitulation of Lee's
army at Appomattox Court-House April 9, 1865. He
was made a brevet major U.S.A. for gallant services
during the campaign of 1 864 before Richmond, Virginia;
brevet lieutenant-colonel U.S.A. for gallant and merito-
rious services at the battle of Five Points, Virginia.

At the close of the war Colonel Drum was on duty
guarding mustered-out troops at Hart's Island, from
June to August, [865, when he was mustered out of the
volunteer service and joined his company at Fort Ham-
ilton, New York harbor. He was in November, 1865,
transferred with his company to Louisville, Kentucky,
where he was detailed as acting assistant adjutant-gen-
eral, which position he occupied to March, 1869, and
from that time to September, 1876, was on duty with his
company in the States of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi,
and South Carolina.

He was then ordered on recruiting service duty at
Boston, Massachusetts, from which he was relieved at
his own request in July, 1877, and joined his regiment,
then serving in the Department of the Columbia, where
he participated in the campaigns incident to the Nez
Perces and Bannock wars of 1877-7S. He then returned
to recruiting service in Boston, where he remained to
October, 1SS0. On returning to his regiment he was at
Fort Colville, Washington, and was transferred to the
Department of the Platte, serving with the Fourteenth
Infantry to August, 1883, having been promoted major
of that regiment in June, 1882. He was at Fort Sidney,
Nebraska, until June, [884, when his regiment moved to
the Pacific coast, where he was detailed as acting assist-
ant inspector-general for the Department of the Colum-
bia, but was transferred in that position to the Depart-
ment of Arizona in June, 1NS5, and in August, 1888,
again changed in the same position to the Department
of Dakota, at St. Paul, Minnesota.

He was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Twelfth
Infantry in December, 1886, but was continued on duty
as acting assistant inspector-general at St. Paul until the
fall of 1 890, when he was relieved and joined his regi-
ment at Fort Yates, North Dakota, his present station.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

•3i

REAR-ADMIRAL SAMUEL ERANCIS DUPONT, U.S.N.
(deceased).

Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont was born
at Bergen Point, New Jersey September 27, 1803 ; died
in Philadelphia, June 23, 1865 ; grandson of P. S. Dupont
Nemours. Midshipman in the navy at twelve ; lieutenant
April 26, 1826; commander October 28, 1842. In 1845
he was ordered to the Pacific in command of the frigate
" Congress," and during the Mexican War saw much active
service on the California coast. In the " Cyane" he cap-
tured San Diego ; cleared the Gulf of California of Mexi-
can vessels ; took La Paz, the capital of Lower California ;
assisted in the capture of Mazatlan in November, 1847,
and defended Lower California against the Indians and
Mexicans. In February, 1848, he landed at San Jose
with a hundred marines and sailors, and defeated and
dispersed a Mexican force five times as great. Captain
September 14, 1855. Having recommended the occu-
pation of Port Royal as a central harbor or depot on the
Southern coast, he was given the command of the South
Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and intrusted with the
attack on that place. Sailing from Fortress Monroe,
October 29, 1861, in the " Wabash," with a fleet of fifty-
sail of war-vessels and transports, conve)ing General
Sherman's troops, lie arrived off Port Royal November
4 and 5, after a violent storm, and on the 7th attacked
and captured two strong forts on Hilton Head and Bay
Point, which defended the harbor. lie followed up this
advantage vigorously, ami his operations along the
Southern coast were invariably successful. He also suc-
ceeded in making the blockade more effective than before.
July 16, 1862, he was made a rear-admiral on the active
list. In April, 1863, he commanded the fleet which un-
successfully attacked Charleston. He was soon after

relieved of the command of the South Atlantic Block-
ading Squadron, and subsequently held no active com-
mand. Admiral Dupont aided in organizing the Naval
School at Annapolis, and is the author of a report on the
use of floating-batteries for coast-defence, which has been
republished and highly commended in England by Sir
Howard Douglas in his work on naval gunnery.

The history of Dupont de Nemours is a notable and
interesting one. For three generations the name has
been associated with the great powder-mills near Wil-
mington, Delaware, which are carried on upon a grand
scale, with enlightened appreciation of the changes in
explosives required by modern guns. The firm, yet
benevolent, manner in which the employes of this exceed-
ingly hazardous business are managed is worthy of all
praise.

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OFFICERS OF TFIF ARMY AXD XAVY {regular)

COMMANDER GEORGE R. DURANl). U.S.N.

Commander George R. Durand was born in Con-
necticut. Appointed from Rhode Island, and rated
master's mate, October 26, 1861 ; steamer "Mystic,"
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, part of 1861-62.
Appointed acting master April 14, 1862; executive,
b amer " Mohawk," South Atlantic Blockading Squad-
ron, part of 1862-63, and commanding same vessel latter
half of 1863; executive, sloop "John Adams" and steamer
" Paul Jones," part of 1864, same squadron ; in July, 1864,
while on an expedition up the Ogeechee River, Georgia,
with two men and a guide, to endeavor to burn the

steamer " Water-Witch," latch' captured from us by the
enemy, was captured by a company of Confederates,
thirty-four men ; was confined in Savannah and Macon,
Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, and I.ibby Prison,
Richmond, Virginia ; navigator, then executive, steamer
" Muscoota," Gulf Squadron, 1865-66. Promoted to
acting volunteer lieutenant June 27, 1866; executive,
steamer "Penobscot," New York, latter part of 1866;
navigator, then executive, steamer " Osceola," West
Indies, 1867; executive, steamer " Maumee," 1867-68.
Commissioned as master in regular navy from March 12,
[868; receiving-ship " New Hampshire," Norfolk, 1868;
navigator, steamer " Ashuelot," Asiatic Squadron, 1869.
Commissioned as lieutenant, from December 18, (868;
receiving-ships " Vermont," at New York, and " Van-
dal ia," at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1870; command-
ing steamer "Speedwell," at Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, 1871 ; executive, steamer " Nipsic," Gulf and West
Indies, [871—72; receiving-ships "Vermont," at New
York, and " Ohio," at Boston, [873; again commanding
steamer "Speedwell," at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
part of [873—74; receiving-ship " Ohio," 1874; com-
manding iron-clad steamer " Mahopac," North Atlantic
Station, [874—76; iron-clad steamer " Canonieus," New
< Means, part of 1 S74 ; receiving-ship" Wabash," Boston,
1S77. Commissioned as lieutenant-commander, from
November 25, 1877; commanding iron-clad steamer
"Lehigh," North Atlantic Station, [877—82; executive,
"Alliance," North Atlantic Station, [883—86; iron-clads,
James River, [886-89. Promoted to commander March,
1889; Light-House Inspector 1889-90.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

COMMANDER N. MAYO DYER, U.S.N.

Commander N. Mayo Dyer entered the volunteer navy
in 1861 as a master's mate and served in that grade in
the Western Gulf Squadron until he was, for gallant and
meritorious conduct, promoted to acting ensign May 18,
1863, and appointed to command the " Eugenie," after-
wards called the " Glasgow," blockading off Mobile and
despatch duty. January 12, 1864, promoted to acting
master in consideration of gallant and faithful service;
July, 1864, granted two months' leave; but relinquished
it uiiiin arriving at New Orleans en route north, upon
learning of the near prospect of an attack upon the
Mobile forts. Returning off Mobile, and soliciting orders,
he was assigned to the " Metacomet" July 19, 1864, in
which vessel, as the consort of the " Hartford," took part
in the passage of the forts and the capture of the rebel
fleet, receiving the surrender of the " Selma" in person.
Upon the surrender of Fort Morgan he accepted his
leave, before relinquished, and upon his return therefrom,
October 28, 1864, was ordered to the " Hartford," flag-
ship of Admiral Farragut. Upon that vessel's return
north, December, 1864, Master Dyer was appointed to
the command of the U. S. S. " Rodolph," with which
command he co-operated with the forces under General
Granger during the winter of 1864-65, in their operation
against Mobile from Pascagoula, rendering important
service in this connection in Mississippi Sound and Pas-
cagoula River. In the advance upon the defences of
Mobile in the spring of [865 via Blakely, his vessel, the
" Rodolph," was sunk by a torpedo in Blakely River
April 1, 1865.

April 22, 1865, Master Dyer was promoted to an
acting volunteer lieutenant, and upon the surrender of
the rebel fleet under Commodore Farrand, in the Tom-
bigbee River, May 10, 1865, Lieutenant Dyer was selected
to command successively two of the surrendered vessels,
the " Black Diamond" and " Morgan ;" appointed to
i ommand the " Elk" in June, 1865, and in July ordered
to command the " Stockdale," and proceed t<> Mississippi
Sound for the protection of the people along that shore,
and to " cultivate friendly relations with the people lately
in rebellion;" September, 1 865, " Stockdale" was ordered
to New Orleans to be sold, and Lieutenant Dyer was
transferred to the " Mahaska" at Apalachicola, Florida ;
in October detached from the " Mahaska" and ordered
to command the " Glasgow" at Pensacola; April, 1866,
detached and ordered north to report to the Bureau of
Navigation; on special duty in that bureau until May,
1868.

Commissioned a lieutenant in the regular navy March
12, 1 868; July, 1868, ordered to the " Dacotah," South
Pacific Squadron, joining at Valparaiso August 27.
December 18, 1868, commissioned as lieutenant-com-

mander; the "Dacotah" being ordered to San Fran-
cisco, upon her arrival there Lieutenant-Commander
Dyer was ordered, September, 1869, to command the
"Cyane," and proceed to Sitka, Alaska, where he re-
mained until March, 1870, from whence he was ordered
to San Francisco to join the " Pensacola ;" ordered to
" Ossipee" July, 1870, on a short cruise to Lower Cali-
fornia and the Mexican coast. While the " Ossipee" was
proceeding north from the Mexican coast, she encoun-
tered a hurricane, which left the sea in a troubled state,
and in the morning, whilst making a sail, a man fell oxer-
board from the maintopsail-yard, the halyards carrying
him away while hoisting topsails. Striking in the
main-chains he was knocked senseless, and was drifting
astern.

Commander Dyer was taking an observation on the
poop-deck, and, immediately turning a bowline in the end
of a boat-fall, jumped into the sea and saved the man from
sharks or drowning. For this he was publicly thanked by
Commodore W. R. Taylor, commander-in-chief, and re-
ceived a medal, etc. In September to the South Pacific
Station; detached and ordered home August 22, 1S71 ;
November 7, 1 871 , ordered to Boston Navy- Yard; Sep-
tember 1, 1873, to Torpedo School at Newport; No-
vember 24 to command torpedo-boat " Mayflower" at
Norfolk, for duty on the North Atlantic Station ; April
IO, 1874, transferred to command of the " Pinta ;" Feb-
ruary, 1876, detached from the " Pinta" and ordered to
the " New Hampshire" as executive-officer for perma-
nent flag-ship at Port Royal. He was detached from the
"New Hampshire" in December, 1876, and was next
upon equipment duty at the Boston Navy- Yard. " Wa-
bash," receiving-ship, 1880-81. " Tennessee," North At-
lantic Station, 1881-83. Promoted commander April,
1883; light-house inspector 1883-87; commanded the
" Marion," Asiatic Station, 1887-90.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY [regular)

C MM M\ AND BREVET MAJOR CHANDLER P. EAKIN,
U.S.A. (retired).

Captain and Brevet Major Chandler P. Eakin
was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 26,
1836. He entered the volunteer service at the com-
mencement of the war of the Rebellion as private of an
independent company of Pennsylvania heavy artillery
April 24, 1861, and was discharged June 25, 1861. He
entered the regular service as second lieutenant of the
First Artillery August 5, [861, and was- promoted first
lieutenant October 26, 1861. He served with his com-
pany in Maryland to ( Ictober, 1861. He participated in
the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac in 1862-63,
and was engaged at the siege of Yorktown and battles of
Williamsburg (where he was severely wounded) and
Gettysburg, where he was again severely wounded.

lie joined his battery in January, [864, and w;
recruiting duty from April, [864, to January, 1865, when
he joined and commanded his battery in front of Peters-
bur-, Virginia, and participated in General Sheridan's
march to North Carolina. He was brevetted captain for

" gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Wil-
liamsburg," and major for " gallant and meritorious ser-
vices in the battle of Gettysburg."

On July 28, 1 866, he was appointed captain of the
Forty-second Infantry, which he declined, and eight
years afterwards (October 1, 1S74) became captain in the
hirst Artillery.

Captain Eakin was at Fort Schuyler, New York, from
< >< lober, 1S65, to April, 1866, and then was detailed on
recruiting duty at Philadelphia, and on court-martial duty
in New York City, to January, 1868. He was at Fortress
Monroe to November, 1S6S, and at McPherson Barracks,
Georgia, to December of the same year, at which time
he was ordered to the Artillery School of Fortress
Monroe. Leaving here in May, 1869, his lot carried
him to the posts of New York harbor until November,
1 87 j, when a change of stations occurred, and he was
stationed first at Key West, and subsequently at Bar-
rancas, Florida, at which latter place he was in 1874,
during the yellow-fever epidemic. Here his old wounds
reopened, and he was taken to New ( Irleans, and thence
to his home in Philadelphia, where he remained on sick-
leave until December, 1S75, when he rejoined his battery
at Fort Adams. In July, 1876, he was sent to Fort Sill,
Indian Territory, during the Sioux war of that year, and
in December following was stationed at Washington
Barracks, D. C. ; and in 1877 was ordered to Fort
Adams, from which point he moved to Philadelphia,
thence to Reading, and finally to Mauch Chunk, taking
part in quelling the mining riots of that year, after which
he returned to Fort Adams.

Captain Eakin, with his battery, participated in the
Yorktown celebration in 1881, and in the fall of that
year changed stations to California, serving at Fort Point,
Fort Canby, and the Presidio of San Francisco, from
which point he was retired for disability in the line of
duty January 14, 1SS8.

Major Eakin is the son of Lieutenant C. M. Eakin,
Second Artillery, and grandson of Paymaster Samuel H.
Eakin, U. S. Army.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

135

CAPTAIN FREDERICK H. E. EBSTEIN. U.S.A.

Captain Frederick H. E. Ebstein (Twenty-first
Infantry) was born at Militsch, Prussia, April 21, 1847;
educated at the Poughkeepsie (New York) Collegiate
Institute. He entered the military service November 18,
1864, at the age of seventeen, as a private in Company H,
Fourth United States Infantry. He joined his regiment
in the field in Virginia, and served with it there till the
close of the war. Subsequently, as a corporal and ser-
geant, he served at Batter)- Barracks, New York ; Fort
Schuyler, New York harbor, and Fort Wayne, Michigan.
Later he became chief clerk at head-quarters of the
Departments of the Ohio and of the Lakes.

He was appointed second lieutenant of the Eighteenth
Infantry September 12, 1867, joining his regiment at Fort
Fetterman, Wyoming ; serving later at Fort Sedgwick,
Colorado, and Atlanta, Georgia. While on the plains he
participated in several scouts against hostile Sioux.

He was placed on waiting orders by the consolidation
of regiments in 1860, but was in Jul}- of the same year
assigned to the Twenty- first Infantry, joining Company H
at Camp Date Creek, Arizona, and was engaged in post
and scouting duty in that Territory during the three years
follow ing.

Being transferred to San Juan Island, Washington
Territory, in 1872, he received, on behalf of the United
States, the British property on that island, upon the with-
drawal of the British troops.

He was promoted first lieutenant February 19, [873,
and served at Fort Klamath, Oregon, until June, 1876,
when he was appointed regimental quartermaster, and
ordered to Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory. In
the summer and fall of 1877 he participated in the expe-
dition against hostile Nez Perces, as chief quartermaster
on the staff of General O. O. Howard, and was present
at the engagements at Cottonwood (Ravine), Idaho, and
Camas Meadows, Montana. On being relieved, he re-
ceived the following complimentary order : " The general
commanding takes this opportunity to express his satis-
faction at the efficient manner in which Lieutenant Ebstein
has discharged the duties of chief quartermaster of this
expedition."

In the summer of 1S78 he was again in the field against
the Bannock Indians, serving as chief quartermaster on
the staff of General O. O. Howard, and participated in
the engagement at Umatilla Agency, Oregon. Return-
ing to Fort Vancouver, he resumed duty at that post as
regimental and post quartermaster until September 30,
1880, when he resigned his regimental staff appointment
to accept the recruiting detail.

He served as depot adjutant, David's Island, New York

harbor, to October, 1S82 ; then travelled in Europe during
the winter of [882-83, and subsequently served at Fort
Canby and Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and was
subsequently transferred with his regiment to Fort Sid-
ney, Nebraska, in 1884.

He became captain April 1, 1885, and served in the
field at Crisfield, Kansas, as acting assistant adjutant-
general of the troops assembled there during the Cheyenne
troubles in 18S5, and again in the fall of the same year
in command of his company at Rock Springs, Wyoming,
during the anti-Chinese riots. He participated also in
the camps of instruction at Kearney, Nebraska, 1888, and
Fort Robinson, Nebraska, 1889.

In addition to the above-mentioned service, Captain
Ebstein has performed duty as issuing commissary for the
Apache-Mojave and Apache-Yuma Indians; as quarter-
master, commissary, and adjutant at various posts; as
acting assistant adjutant-general, District of the Lakes,
and as disbursing quartermaster at head-quarters, Depart-
ment of the Columbia. He has performed the duties of
judge-advocate of numerous important courts-martial
and courts of inquiry; was recorder of the court of
inquiry appointed by the President at Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri, to investigate the causes of desertions; was on
duty under the War Department in connection with the
establishment of canteens at military posts ; member of
boards of examination for promotion of non-commis-
sioned officers, and president of board of officers at Fort
Snelling, to prepare a system of book-keeping for post
canteens. In the winter of 1890 he participated, in com-
mand of his company, in the Sioux campaign.

Captain Ebstein's present station is with his company
at Fort Sidnev, Nebraska.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

MAJOR WILLIAM FRANCIS EDGAR, U.S.A. (retired).

Major William Francis Edgar was horn in Ken-
tucky, and entered the regular service as first lieutenant
and assistant surgeon March 2, 1849. His first duty
was .it Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and he then accom-
panied the Second United States Dragoons on the march
fnmi that place to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, lie was
next ordered with the Mounted Rifles on the march
overland to Oregon, and subsequently in an expedition
to Utah, and at Fort Hall (Cantonment Loring), Rocky
Mountains, up to April, 1850. He served in Oregon
and Washington Territories to April, [851, and partici-
pated in an expedition against the Rogue River Indians
with the First Dragoons (Major Philip Kearney's expe-
dition), and thence en route to California, to August
1851.

The doctor was then stationed at Sonoma and Benicia,
California, with the First Dragoons and Second Infantry,
and at Camp Miller, head-waters San Joaquin River,
with the Second Infantry. From this point he accom-
panied the Second Infantry in an expedition against hos-
tile Indians in the Yosemite Valley and Sierra Nevada
Mountains, t<> September, 1852. lie was then stationed
at Fort Reading, head-waters of the Sacramento River,
with the Fourth Infantry, and took the field with the
First Dragoons en route to establish Fort Tejon.in South-
ern California. The doctor was partially paralyzed on
the left side, on returning to camp on the morning of
December 9, 1N54, after unusual exertion while being
exposed all the previous night to the intense cold of a
mountain snow-storm, and an injury of the left hip and

lower part of the spine, from the falling of a horse while
cut searching, with a teamster, for a wounded soldier.

He was promoted captain ami assistant surgeon March
2, 1854, and in April, I S 5 5 , was en route to Washington,
and subsequently assigned to duty at Jefferson Barracks,
with the Second Cavalry. His service here was of tem-
porary duration, for, in September of the same year, he-
was en route to Texas by sea. In 1856 he was at the
Head-quarters Department, Texas, from which he was
ordered with the Second Artillery by sea and stationed
with that regiment in Florida for a short while, when he
was ordered to New York by sea, with the sick of the
troops serving in Florida.

The doctor was stationed at Fort Wood, New York
harbor, until \'. S57, when he was detailed for duty in the
office of the medical purveyor at New York City. He
was then ordered to accompany recruits to California
and was stationed at Fort Miller, with the Third Artil-
lery, but was subsequently changed to the Presidio of San
Francisco, and afterwards to Benicia. He participated
in an expedition with the First Dragoons against the
Mojave Indians on the Colorado River in 1858, and in an
expedition against the same in Arizona in 1859, with the
Sixth Infantry and Third Artillery, and then stationed at
Camp Prentice, California, and San Diego, with part of
the Fourth and Sixth Regiments of Infantry until No-
vember, 1 86 1.

These regiments being ordered east, to take part in the
war of the Rebellion, the doctor was ordered to accom-
pany them by sea to New York, and thence to Washing-
ton, D.C. He was promoted major and surgeon May
24, 1861, and upon arrival at Washington was ordered
to duty with General Buell's army in Kentucky, and was
given charge of the General Hospital, Number 4, in
Louisville. He was medical director of the district of
Cairo, Illinois, to 1862, when he was taken sick on ac-
count of feeble health, resulting from former injuries.
Upon replying to an inquiry regarding field duty at that
tunc, "that a surgical operation was necessary first," he
was ordered before a retiring board and retired from
active duty " for disability in the line of duty." Fie was
then placed on duty in the medical director's office of
the Department of the East, as assistant medical director,
and while there was member of the board examining
applicants for admission to the medical corps of the
army. The doctor performed various other duties, and
was sent once more to California by sea, in March, 1866;
but upon his own application was relieved from duty
May 21, 1869, for one year, and in consequence of the
act of Congress of 1870 was not again assigned to duty.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

137

COMMODORE HENRY ERBEN, U.S.N.

Commodore Henry Erben is a native of the city of
New York, and was appointed midshipman in June,
1 848, from that city. He was ordered to the frigate " St.
Lawrence," and served in that fine vessel from July,
1S4S, to July, 1853 ; was on duty on the Coast Survey in
1854, and at the Naval Academy in 1855. He became
passed midshipman the same year. While serving in the
"Potomac" frigate, in 1855, he was made master, and
ordered to the prize filibuster bark " Amelia," which had
been captured at Porto-Prince, Hayti. The officer in
charge was ordered to take her to New York, but, after
seventy days at sea, he arrived at St. Thomas, destitute of
provisions and a wreck. During 1856-57 he was attached
to the store-ship " Supply," employed in bringing camels
for the War Department from Egypt to Texas. He was
made lieutenant in December, 1856. For a part of 1857
he was in the steamer " Vixen," making deep-sea sound-
ings for the Atlantic cable, and in August joined the U.S.S.
" Mississippi," and served in her in the East,— bringing
home the Chinese treat}- in November, 1859. While serv-
ing in the Gulf of Mexico, in the " Supply," he was at
Pensacola when the navy-yard there was surrendered to
the troops of Alabama and Florida. lie assisted in trans-
ferring the troops under Lieutenant Slemmer from Fort
Barrancas to Fort Pickens < m the night of January 9, [861.
On the previous day he had, with a boat's crew, spiked
the guns at Fort MacRea, destroyed material and twenty
thousand pounds of powder. He returned to New York
with the sailors, marines, and workmen of the surrendered
navy-yard.

In March, 1861, he returned to Fort Pickens in the
" Release," and was transferred to the " Huntsville" on
the blockade. In action with rebel gun-boats and bat-
teries at Ship Island, and, in December, off Mobile with
the rebel gun-boat " Florida," which, during the tem-
porary absence of the " Huntsville," had come out in a
calm to destroy the sailing-frigate " Potomac."

He was ordered to the Mississippi River fleet in April,
1862, and commanded iron-clad "St. Louis" at the siege
of Fort Pillow and in action with rebel rams, May, 1862 ;
capture of Memphis in June, 1862. Served on the ad-
miral's staff! Commanded the " Sumter" at the siege of
Vicksburg, and passed the batteries there with Farragut,
July 15, 1862. At the battle of Baton Rouge August 6,
1862, and destruction of rebel ram "Arkansas" August
7, 1862. Lieutenant-commander on July 16, 1862.

He returned to the east to join the naval howitzer
battery in Maryland, with General McClellan, during the
Antietam campaign, and in October, 1862, joined the
monitor " Patapsco" as executive-officer. Engaged at Fort
McAllister in March, 1S63, and attack on forts at Charles-
ton in April, 1863. Steam-frigate " Niagara" on special
18

service on Atlantic coast from November, 1863, to May,
iSf4. In July, [ 864, he was ordered to command monitor
" Chimo" and then the monitor "Tunxis," which vessels
were intended to destroy the ram "Albemarle," but were
found unseaworthy and condemned. In October, 1864,
ordered to command " Ponola," West Gulf Squadron,
and captured, under the guns of batteries at Matagorda,
Texas, the schooner " Dale" and the boats of the torpedo
station, with twenty men; broke up the establishment.
Engaged the batteries at Galveston in attempting the
destruction of a blockade-runner, the " Let Her Be." In
July, 1865, he was ordered home, and was on duty at the
New York Navy-Yard during 1866. From 1867101869
he commanded steamers " 1 Iuron," " Kansas," and " Paw-
nee" on South Atlantic Station. He was commissioned
commander in 1868. During 1871-72 he was upon ord-
nance and rendezvous duty in New York, and in 1873
commanded the monitor " Manhattan" at Key West dur-
ing the critical period of a serious misunderstanding with
Spain.

In 1874-75 Commander Erben was in command of
the "Tuscarora," of the North Pacific Squadron, and
employed in running deep-sea soundings. He then had
a term of shore-duty at the navy-yard, Portsmouth, New
Hampshire; but went to sea again, from 1878 to 1882, in
command of the nautical school-ship " St. Mary's." He
was promoted captain in 1879, and commanded the " Pen-
sacola," in 188^-84, in cruise around the world. He then
had another turn of duty at the Portsmouth Navy-Yard,
and then was on special duty at New York for three
years.

In the early part of 1 891 Captain Erben was ordered
as governor to the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia, but,
being promoted commodore in 1892, was soon transferred
to the important command of the New York Navy- Yard,
which he now holds.

133

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular*

COMMANDER R. D. KVANS. U.S.N.

Commander Robley Dunglison Evans was born in
Virginia, but was appointed a midshipman from the
Territory of Utah on September 20, i860, lie was at
the Naval Academy when that institution was transferred,
temporarily, from Annapolis to Newport, Rhode Island,
on account of the war. The term of his class at the
Academy was shortened on account of the pressing
necessity for officers, and he became ensign on Octo-
ber 1, 1863. Being ordered to the steam-frigate "Pow-
hatan," he first served iii the West India Squadron,

and then, in 1864-65, in the North Atlantic Blockading
Squadron.

He landed with the force of seamen and marines for
the land assault upon Fort Fisher, ami received two
severe wounds from rifle-shots, -from the disabling effects
of which he suffered for a considerable time.

On Jul\' 25, 1866, he was commissioned as lieutenant,
and was, during that year, attached to the navy-yard at
Philadelphia ; being afterwards transferred to ordnance
duty at the Washington Navy- Yard.

He next made a cruise in the flag-ship " Piscataqua,"
of the Asiatic Squadron, from 1867 to 1869. During
this cruise, on March 12, 1868, he was promoted to be
lieutenant-commander. lie was attached, with this rank,
to the Washington Navy- Yard, 1870-71 ; and to the
Naval Academy in 1871-72.

From 1873 to 1876 he cruised in the " Shenandoah,"
second-rate, and the " Congress," second-rate, of the
European Squadron; and, during ^^7/-/^, was in com-
mand of the training-ship " Saratoga."

He was commissioned commander in July, 1878, and,
after service at the Washington Navy- Yard, was light-
house inspector from 1882 to 1886. In 1886-87 he was
chief inspector of steel for the new cruisers. During
1887-89 he held the position of secretary of the Light-
House Board.

During 1890 he was on leave of absence.

He was ordered to the command of the " Yorktown"
in July, 1891, which command he holds at present.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

139

CAPTAIN AND BREVET MAJOR EVARTS S. EWING,
U.S.A. (deceased).

Captain and Brevet Major Evarts S. Ewing was
born in Giles Count}', Tennessee, March 25, 1S41. lie-
always had a strong desire to go through West Point,
and at one time was offered an appointment, but bravely
declined in accordance with the wishes of his parents.
They hoped he might continue the work of his father
in the Presbyterian ministry. However, within a week-
after the firing on Fort Sumter, Evarts Ewing was riding
over the country, recruiting a company of volunteers to
enter the war of the Rebellion. Southern born, yet his
sympathies were with his country and the State which
was at that time his home.

Through his efforts and those of a few others, Com-
pany D of the First Iowa Cavalry was soon formed, and
Evarts Ewing lacked but five votes of being made the
first lieutenant. He was then offered the position of
second lieutenant, but refused it, saying he would carry
a musket as a plain private. So he rode away only bugler
and private of Company D, but before leaving the State-
was made quartermaster-sergeant of the regiment, and
for a time had sole charge of that department, there being
no commissioned officer over him. He became chief
bugler and commissary-sergeant, and served in these
grades until September 12, 1863. His campaigns were
for the most part west of the Mississippi, in those many
smaller engagements which, although less famous, were
none the less heroically fought than the great battles with
whose names we are more familiar. Perhaps his most
marked gallantry was shown in the battle of Prairie
Grove. He was appointed captain and commissary of
subsistence January 13, 1805, and was honorably mus-
tered out October 9, 1865. He was brevetted major,
lieutenant-colonel, and colonel of volunteers, October 6
of the same year, for "faithful and meritorious ser-
vices."

Colonel Ewing entered the regular service as second
lieutenant of the Sixteenth Infantry, February 23, 1866,
and was promoted first lieutenant March 19 the same-
year. The brevets of captain and major, U. S. Arm}',
were conferred upon him March 2, 1867, for "gallant
and meritorious services." He was transferred to the
Thirty-fourth Infantry September 21, 1866, and upon the
consolidation of regiments was transferred back to his
old regiment, the Sixteenth, in which, to his last day, he
always maintained the greatest pride and interest.

He was serving in Washington in 1867 as aide-de-camp
to General O. O. Howard, when General Joseph A. Mower
applied to the War Department for an especially efficient
and responsible man to act as department quartermaster
on his staff, and Major Ewing was relieved of his position
on General Howard's staff to fill this place on General
Mower's.

Since then he served with his regiment at the various
posts where he was stationed. He was on duty in
New Orleans in 1876 during the famous White League
troubles, and later at different posts of the Indian Ter-
ritory, Kansas, and Texas. He served as regimental
quartermaster of the Sixteenth Infantry from March 9,
1880, to April 30, 1880, when he was promoted to captain
of Company 15.

Major Ewing was retired from active service the 3d of
January, 1885, for disability in line of duty (sec. 1251
rev. stat.).

In May, 1885, Major Ewing was honored by an invi-
tation from the board of managers of the World's Fair
in New Orleans to take command of the large inter-
state encampment of militia to take place at the close of
the exposition. He accepted the offer, and won a most
enviable reputation among all who understood military
matters.

Among many other honors, Major Ewing might claim
that of being the father of target practice in the U. S.
Army, it being through his letters, written to the Army
and Navy Journal, and the example he set by his untiring
efforts in that direction in his own company, that the War
Department first became interested in what is to-day so
prominent a feature of our arm}-. Major Ewing was the
first commissioned officer in the Department of Texas to
be given a marksman's button.

His nature was a remarkable combination of the poet
and the soldier ; from childhood his highest aims were in
a military line, but next to this he hoped to achieve fame
in the literary world.

Shortly after his distinguished services at the New
Orleans encampment, he received an offer from the Presi-
dent of Honduras to take command of the armies of that
republic. This offer, for various personal reasons, he
reluctantly declined to accept. He died June 7, 1892.

140

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND XAVY (regular)

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J. P. FARLEY. U.S.A.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. P. Farley (Ordnance Corps,
U. S. Army) was born in Washington, 1). C, March 2,
1839. He was graduated at the U. S. Militar} Academy
June 24, [861; assigned to the Second U. S. Artil-
lery, and transferred to the < )rdnance Corps October 24,
1 86 1.

I;, fore and during the Bull Run campaign he served
as aide on the staff of the general commanding the de-
fences of Washington, and later, during the summer and
fill of thai year, with Horse Battery A, Second Artillery,
covei ing the appn iai lies t< 1 Washingti in and Alexandria,
Virginia.

Special Order No. 174, Folly Island, South Carolina,
[uly 8, [863, was indorsed by Lieutenant-Colonel R. H.
[ackson, captain First LJ. S. Artillery, as follows: "Lieu-
tenant Farley reported to me in obedience to the within
order, and remained on duty in charge of one-half of the
battel ies of the hunt line until the capture by our tr< iops
of the south end of Morris Island on July IO, 1863.

" I hike pleasure in testifying that to his ability, ex-
ample, and gallant conduit in the action of the 10th of
July, 1S63, which resulted in the capture of Morris Island,
the splendid practice, the admirable sighting, and the
destructive effects oi the artillery under his command
were in a great measure due.

" This conduct was the more praiseworthy on his part,
as he volunteered to command troops on that occasion
out of the line of his duty as an ordnance officer.

" Lieutenant Farley's name received highly honorable
mention in my report ('War of Rebellion Records,' Vol.
XXVIII.) of the part taken by the artillery under my
command in the capture of the south end of Morris
Island."

Lieutenant Farley again volunteered his servii
aide to General Truman Seymour during the bombard-

ment and assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, July
18, 1863. The general in indorsing the foregoing order,
No. 174, says: "Lieutenant Farley was a member of my
staff during a considerable part of that summer ( 1863).
lie was one of the most active, intelligent, and useful of
my right-hand assistants and advisers, — was always ready
for any labor, however toilsome and disagreeable, and
assuredly the- work of the artillerist and ordnance officer
on Foll_\- and Moiris Islands during that eventful summer
was very trying; lie was patient and persevering under
unusual difficulties; he was, in fact, one of the compara-
tively few of whom, when charged with the accomplish-
ment of ail}' special duty, I was absolutely sure it would
be conducted skilfully to its desired end."

( reneral Seymour, in an official report, " War of Rebel-
lion Record," Vol. XXVIII., referring to a successful
engagement with the enemy on Morris Island, South
Carolina, accords to Lieutenant Farley " no small share
of the glory of this day."

The later service of Lieutenant Farley (1864-65) with
Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant was recognized by the
general in the following terms: " I take pleasure in tes-
tifying to your efficiency as an ordnance officer while
serving in the armies operating against Richmond.

" During the time you were in charge of the extensive
and very important Ordnance Depot at City Point, Vir-
ginia, your duties were performed to my entire satisfac-
tion, anil, as far as my official and personal knowledge
extend, to the perfect satisfaction of the armies you
supplied."

In this connection, revelling to the field service of
Lieutenant Farley, General Seymour says: " Approved,
as it has been, by the greatest of our commanders, my
own commendations are of little value in comparison;
but the)- are the expressions of a profound appreciation
of all that can confer honor and distinction upon one of
the most worthy young officers I knew during the war."

Lieutenant Farley was brevctted captain " for meri-
torious services in the Ordnance Department during the
war," and his field service is recognized in orders and
reports, " War of the Rebellion Records," Vol. XXVIII.

Since the war he has served at the Military Academy ;
at arsenals, foundries, proving grounds, and on various
boards, such as the Ordnance Board, the Experimental
Testing Board, and a Board for the Selection of a Maga-
zine Small-Arm lor the Service. He is the author of
"Professional and Scientific Papers," published by the
War Department, anil for which work he has received
official commendation.

Colonel Farley is the son of Captain John Farley (Class
of [823, U. S. M. A.), First U. S. Artillery; grandson of
Captain John Farley, LT. S. Corps of Artillery, War of
1812; and great-grandson of Robert Breat, paymaster-
general, Lr. S. A., [819.

W/fO SERVED IN THE CI VIE WAR.

141

CAPTAIN NORMAN H. FARQUHAR, U.S.N.

Captain Nokman II. Farquhar is at present chief of
the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, with
the rank of commodore. He was born in Pennsylvania
April 1 1, 1S40, and graduated from the Naval Academy
in 1859. While still a midshipman, serving in different
vessels of our African Squadron, he was detailed to bring
to the United States a captured slaver, the "Triton,"
with a crew of ten men and no other officer. Still a
midshipman at the breaking out of the great Rebellion,
he became lieutenant in a very few months, and served
on board the steamer " Mystic" and the steam gun-boat
"Mahaska," of the North Atlantic Squadron; the
steamer " Rhode Island," of the West India Squadron;
and the "Santiago de Cuba," of the North Atlantic
Squadron. Lieutenant Farquhar was present at both
attacks upon Fort Fisher, and there and elsewhere was
distinguished for his coolness and conduct under fire.
General B. F. Butler, in his official report of the attack on
Fort Fisher, North Carolina, dated January 3, 1865,
speaks of Captain Farquhar (then lieutenant) as follows :
" Lieutenant Farquhar, of the navy, having in charge the
navy boats which assisted in the landing, deserves great
credit for the energy and skill with which he managed
the boats through the rolling surf."

In [865 he was promoted to be lieutenant-commander,
and then served for some time at the Naval Academy.
He next served in the "Swatara," on the European
Station, in 1868-69; anc' a*: tne navy-yard, Boston, in
1870, being thence ordered as executive-officer of the
United States steamship "Severn," from which ship he
went to the command of the "Kansas," and was em-
ployed in surveying duties. After another tour of service
at the Boston Navy- Yard, he joined the United States
steamship "Powhatan" in 1X72, and on December 12
of that year was made commander in the navy. He
was then stationed at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis,
in command of the "Santee," and in charge of buildings
and grounds for about six years; commanding the
"Portsmouth" in 1878, and in command of "Quinne-
baug" and "Wyoming," European Squadron, from [878
to 1881. He then became commandant of "cadets" at
the Naval Academy, in which position he remained five
years; commanding the "Constellation" on the practice
cruise with the midshipmen in 1883 and 1884.

He was commissioned as captain March 4, [886, and
was ordered to command the flag-ship "Trenton," in the

Pacific. The country will long remember the wreck of
the "Trenton" ami other vessels at Apia, Samoa, during
a dreadful hurricane. On this occasion, by good seaman-
ship, Captain Farquhar saved the lives of the four hun-
dred and fifty officers and men who composed the ship's
company.

For his services on this occasion the Humane Society
of Massachusetts awarded Captain Farquhar its gold
medal, with a letter couched in very complimentary
terms. Captain Farquhar has probably commanded
more vessels than any officer of his grade, but has held
no command afloat since that of the "Trenton." In
August, 1889, he was senior member of the Board of
Visitors at the Torpedo Station, Newport, and was
appointed a member of the Light-House Board in the
latter part of the same year, but did not serve long in
that capacity, as he was, on March 6, 1890, appointed
chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks at the Navy
Department, as we have said above. Commodore Far-
quhar is the holder of a gold medal from the Naval
Institute, given in 1885, for an essay entitled "Induce-
ments for Obtaining Seamen in the Navy." Many of
the suggestions contained in that paper have since been
adopted by the department. " Captain Farquhar is
universally regarded as one of the most accomplished,
progressive, and trustworthy officers in the navy. Like
all men of capacity and courage, he is considerate to
those under him, while exacting prompt obedience to
official orders."

142

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

ADMIRAL DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT, U.S.N.
(dei eased).

It seems hopeless, in the brief space allotted, to even
mention the points in the career of this distinguished
head of our navy; but, fortunately, the whole country,
and the whole world, indeed, is familiar with them, and
everywhere — from the Winter Palace at St. Petersburg
to the fisherman's hut upon the shores of the Pacific — his
likeness is to be found. Farragut was wounded in the
bloody battle between the " Essex" and the British ships
"Phoebe" and "Cherub," in March, i S 1 4 , when his
commanding officer regretted "that he was too young
for promotion." He lived to command at New Orleans,
Vicksburg, and Mobile Bay, and yet was only sixty-nine
whenhedied. But very much was compressed into those
years. lie served in three wars, as well as against the
West Indian pirates, and he observed the military and
naval operations of his time throughout the world with
his native sagacity, all of which tended to ripen his mind
for the great work before him. Admiral Farragut was a
di cendant of Don Pedro Ferragut, called "El Conquis-
tador," from his successes in battle against the Moors
of Spain. They had estates in Minorca, and his father
was born there, and emigrated to America in 1776.
He took part in the war of the Revolution, and was the
friend and companion of General fackson during his
Indian campaigns. He married in North Carolina, set-
tled in Tennessee, where his distinguished son was born,
and finally entered the naval service as sailing-master.

Admiral Farragut, through Commodore David Porter,
received his midshipman's warrant when less than ten
years old. and in 1S11 he went to sea with Porter. When
the ship's company of the " Essex" returned to the
I hiited States in the cartel " Essex Junior" he was pi
at 1 hool until the peace of 1 S 1 5 .

He then made two cruises to the Mediterranean, avail-
ing himself of favorable opportunities for study and travel.
Under his old commander, Porter, he served during
1823-24, in the suppression of piracy in the West Indies,
and always took pride in having obtained a command
then at the age of twenty-two. In 1S25 he was a lieu-
tenant of the " Brandy wine," w hen she took Lafayette
home. He served on the coast of Brazil as executive-
officer of the " Delaware," seventy-four, and in command
of two vessels. While in command of the " Erie," in the
Gulf, he noted carefully the French bombardment of
Vera Cruz. Served in our own war with Mexico, in the
"Saratoga;" then on ordnance, court-martial, and navy-
yard duties. In I S54 he was sent to California to estab-
lish the navy-yard at Mare Island. During his four-
years' service there his coolness and judgment in deal-
ing with the delicate question of Federal and State
jurisdiction, during the reign of the "Vigilance Com-
mittee" of 1856, not only saved the government from
being drawn into a local quarrel, but also saved blood-
shed. During 1859-60 Farragut commanded the
" Brooklyn," and, at the breaking out of the great Re-
bellion, was living in Norfolk, Virginia, as he had done
for many years. Local opinion and local pressure had
no effect upon a man of his broad views, and he moved
to the North, and took' up his residence on the Hudson.
In January, 1862, he was assigned to the command of
the West Gulf Squadron, his mission being to unseal
that great artery of commerce ami travel, the Missis-
sippi, and all that such an undertaking entailed. He
seemed confident of success from the first, great as the
task before him was. He wrote: "As to being pre-
pared for defeat, I certainly am not. Any man who is
prepared for defeat would be half-defeated before he
commenced. I hope for success, shall do all in my
power to secure it, and trust in God for the rest." The
result of that continual strain of combat for so man}'
months is a matter of common-school history, ami need
not be recounted here. The same may be said of his
operations at Mobile Bay in 1804. He received the
thanks of Congress, and was commissioned rear-admiral
July K>, i,Xf>2; vice-admiral December 21, 1864, and
was finally promoted to the rank of admiral Jul)- 26,
1866. In 1867 he went to the command of the Euro-
pean Squadron, and made an extended cruise, being
everywhere received with the most marked attention.
At this time, when past sixty-six, Admiral Farragut, with
his rounded, active figure, and firm, clean-shaven face,
gave one the impression of being a much younger man.
He spoke several languages very fluently, and was a
very close observer, ami an indefatigable reader. Noth-
ing escaped his keen eve, and when he felt himself among
friends his observations were often very dry and even
witty. He died on August 14, 1870.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

143

REAR-ADMIRAL JOHN C. FEBIGER, U.S.N.
(retired).

Rear-Admiral John C. Febiger was born in Penn-
sylvania and appointed from Ohio, his warrant as mid-
shipman bearing date of September 14, 1838. His first
service was in the frigate " Macedonian," of the West
India Squadron, 1838-40. He was then attached to the
sloop-of-war " Concord," mostly upon the Brazil coast,
during 1841-43. In the latter year he was wrecked in
the " Concord" on the east coast of Africa, and was then
attached to the brig " Chippola," purchased by the gov-
ernment at Rio Janeiro and used to recover and dispose
of the equipment of the " Concord." Engaged in this
duty until 1844. On May 20 of that year he was made
passed midshipman, and served in the frigate " Potomac,"
of the Home Squadron, for two years. He then made a
cruise to the Pacific in the sloop-of-war " Dale," and was
from her transferred to the " Columbus," 74, in which
ship he came home.

Again attached to the sloop-of-war " Dale," he made
a cruise upon the coast of Africa, and upon his return
was employed upon the Coast Survey for several years.

He was promoted to master 1852, and was commis-
sioned lieutenant in the navy April 30, 1853. In 1858-60
he was attached to the sloop-of-war " Germantown," of
the Past India Squadron, and upon his return, in 1 861,
was ordered to the sloop-of-war " Savannah."

Commissioned commander in the navy August 11,
1862. Commanded the "Kanawha," of the West Gulf
Blockading Squadron, in 1862-63, and was in the en-
gagement off Mobile Bay April 3, 1862.

During the year 1863 Commander Febiger com-
manded the " Osage," " Neosho," and " Dafayette," of
the Mississippi Squadron ; and in 1864-65 commanded
the " Mattabeset," of the North Atlantic Blockading
Squadron. During this period he participated in the

spirited engagement with the rebel ram " Albemarle," in
Albemarle Sound, Ma)-, 1S64.

In the years 1866-68 he commanded the " Ashuelot,"
of the Asiatic Squadron.

Commissioned captain May 6, 1868, and commanded
the steam-sloop " Shenandoah," of the Asiatic Squadron,
in 1868-69. While commanding the " Shenandoah" he
entered and surveyed Ping-Yang Inlet, on the west coast
of Corea.

From 1869 to 1872 he was inspector of naval reserved
lands. In 1872-74 he commanded the U. S. steamer
" Omaha," of the South Pacific Squadron. He was pro-
moted to commodore August 9, 1874. After this he
became a member of the Board of Examiners, and then
commandant of the navy-yard at Washington, D. C, for
nearly four years. He was then upon special duty in
Washington, D. C, and a member of the Retiring Board.

Promoted to rear-admiral February 4, 1882. Retired
upon his own application July 1, 1882.

144

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY {regular)

MAJOR E. G. FECHET, U.S.A.

Major E. G. Fechet (Sixth Cavalry) was born July
i i, 1844, in Michigan. 1 le is the son of Alfred Edmond
Fechet, M.D., a native of France, and graduate of the
College of France, who came to the United States in
1840.

Young Feehet entered the volunteer service June 19,
1861, as sergeant of Company A, Seventh Michigan In-
fantry, and participated in the Maryland campaign of the
Army of the Potomac, being engaged in the battle of
Antietam, September 17, 1862, at which time he was shot
through the right lung. He was promoted second lieu-
tenant, to date from that battle, and first lieutenant June
iS, [863. He resigned June 31, 1863, on account of
illness resulting from his wound. On recover}-, he again
entered the volunteer service as quartermaster-sergeant
of the Tenth Michigan Cavalry, but was promoted sec-
ond lieutenant January 23, 1804, and 'first lieutenant
April 1, 1865. He was in several minor engagements
in [864, in East Tennessee, and commanded the Knox-
ville Depot of Ordnance November, [865, and was hon-
orably mustered out of service November 21, 1865. He
was appointed to regular service as second lieutenant of
Eighth Cavalry July 28, 1866, and brevetted first lieu-
tenant and captain March 2, 1 867, " for gallant conduct
at the battle of Antietam." In February marched in
command oi Troop I from San Francisco to Fort
Whipple, Arizona, and participated in a severe fight with
the Hualapi and Tonto Apache Indians. He was pro-
moted first lieutenant July 31, 1867, and captain May J3,
1870.

Rejoining his regiment in January, [ 870, he tools • om-
mand of Troop G, anjd changed stations to New Mexico,
arriving at Fort Selden in the March following. Captain
Fechet commandei I .1 deta< hmenl of troops in an engage-
ment with the Mescalero Apaches, capturing their entire

camp and herd, and forcing the tribe to return to Stan-
ton reservation. He marched with his regiment to Texas,
on change of department, arriving at Ringgold Barracks
in March, 1 S76, where he remained to i88i,\vhen he was
transferred to Fort Clark, which post he did duty at until
September, 1887. Then he commanded Camp Pena
Colorado to May, 1888, when he marched with his regi-
ment from Texas to Dakota. He left Pena Colorado
on the 19th of May, and arrived at Fort Yates, North
Dakota, September 17, the distance marched being two
thousand one hundred miles.

While in command of his troop at Fort Yates, Captain
Fechet became somewhat conspicuous in the Sioux cam-
paign of 1890-91, by having been engaged in the affair
which resulted in the death of the famous chief Sitting
Bull, having on that occasion commanded the troops
participating therein. The following extract from a
communication from General Miles, in the field, on this
subject, to General Thomas H. Ruger, commanding the
department of Dakota, is here given :

"The division commander has received official report
of Lieutenant-Colonel Drum, Twelfth Infantry, and
Captain Fechet, Eighth Cavalry, regarding the arrest of
Sitting Bull. He desires me to express his approval of
the good judgment displayed by the officers and the
assistance of agent, the fortitude of the troops and
bravery of the Indian police. It required no ordinary
courage to go into an Indian camp of well-armed war-
riors and arrest the chief conspirator on the eve of his
departure to join the large body of his followers then in
defiant hostility to the government, and engaged in rob-
bing its citizens and looting their houses. It was from
Sitting Bull that emissaries have been for months going
to other tribes inciting them to hostility, and he died
while resisting the lawful officials of the government.
Even after lie had been peaceably arrested, he raised the
cry of revolt, and incited his men to shoot down the
government police in the lawful discharge of their duty.
The fearless action of Captain Fechet and his command
entitles them to great credit, and the celerity of his
movements showed the true soldierly spirit.

" The division commander desires that his sympathy
be expressed to those who have suffered from wounds,
and the families of the dead brave, loyal, Indian police,
and his thanks to all who took part in the arrest that lias
already resulted in the surrender of more than one hun-
dred defiant, lawless savages, and with other measures
has done much to prevent the destruction of many peace-
able homes and innocent lives. By command of Major-
< '.('ilir.il Miles. (Signed)

M. 1'. Mais, A.D.C."

Captain Fechet was promoted major of the Sixth
Cavalry April 20, [891,

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

145

CAPTAIN EDWARD FIELD. U.S.A.

Captain Edward Field (Fourth Artillery) traces his
lineage in unbroken thread from the distinguished as-
tronomer and student, Sir John Field, to whose researches
England was indebted for the explanation and intro-
duction of the Copernican system. Emigrating from
the mother-country long before the revolt of the infant
colonies, his ancestors were among the first to take up
arms against the sea of troubles which so crowded upon
the young republic at its birth. Richard Stockton,
member of the Continental Congress and signer of the
Declaration of Independence, was his great-great-grand-
father.

Richard Stockton Field, attorney-general of the State
of New Jersey, United States Senator, and United States
District Judge, was the father of Captain Field, and a
resident of the classic old town of Princeton when, in
1 84 1, the son was born who became the first of the
family to permanently identify himself with the army of
the nation. Naturally no Princeton lad thought of going
elsewhere for education, and it was at the time-honored
college of his native place that Edward Field was matric-
ulated in 1857, and graduated in [861, just at the out-
break of the war of the Rebellion. Always an enthusi-
astic horseman, he lost no time in seeking service with
the cavalry, and was commissioned second lieutenant in
the gallant First New Jersey that won such renown in
the old Second Division of the Cavalry Corps in the
Army of the Potomac. Early in 1862, however, he was
tendered an appointment in the Fourth Artillery of the
regular army, and within a month had joined Light
Battery " C" of that regiment just in time to embark for
the Peninsula.

Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, and Savage Station gave
him man)- an opportunity of testing the metal of which
he was made. But White Oak Swamp was the fight
that tried men's souls, so far at least as Battery " C"
was concerned. For hours its eight guns were hotly
engaged. Hazzard, its brave and impetuous commander,
received his death-wound, and Field's comrade, Lieu-
tenant Arthur Morris, was knocked lwrs de combat, while
men and horses suffered severely from the deadly fire of
the enemy.

Antietam, Halltown, Fredericksburg, and Chancellors-
ville were the next battles in order ; and in the last named
Field won high credit and the thanks of General Geary
for fighting his battery, even after it was relieved, and
hammering the rebel infantry an entire hour at close
range despite heavy losses. This was at the Chancellor
House salient.

In October, 1863, Lieutenant Field was transferred
to Horse Battery " E" of his regiment, fighting with
it at Buckland Mills and Raccoon Ford, following the
'9

cavalry on Sheridan's raid, and backing them in all
the stirring combats at Todd's Tavern, Spottsylvania,
and Yellow Tavern, and winning another brevet at
Meadow Bridge, not far from the field where his first
was gained at White ( )ak Swamp.

The war over, the Fourth had a spell of rest and a
hard time transforming horse-battery men into garrison
gunners. They were sent to the Pacific coast just in
time to be ordered into the lava beds against the Modocs,
ami to lose four gallant officers and a score of men in
that thankless and inglorious warfare. Field took his
full share of the campaign ; had another touch of frontier
duty in 1877, when sent after Chief Joseph and the Nez
Perces, and still again was ordered down into Arizona,
where the Apaches of the Siena Blanca had their out-
break in 1 88 1.

This concluded the frontier service of the Fourth, for
the time being at least. But Field was of too active a
temperament to stagnate in a stone fort, when once again
they appeared on the Atlantic coast. In such time as his
duties would permit he devoted himself to the instruction
of the neighboring National Guardsmen, proving always
a welcome visitor at their camps and armories. In 1882
lie was detailed to visit and inspect the troops of Rhode
Island; in 18X4, of New York; in 1886, of Maine; and
his reports on their condition and efficiency were widely
read.

The captain has achieved literary honor in other fields,
having been selected to deliver the Decoration Day
address at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1882, and having
subsequently addressed the National Guard Association
of New York in 18S4; the West Point Association in
July, 1882, and the Military Service Institute, at Gov-
ernor's Island, in 1885.

For some time past Captain Field has been stationed
at the new Fort McPherson, close to Atlanta.

I4'J

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY [regular)

CAPTAIN M. J. FITZ GERALD, U.S.A. (retired).

Captain M. J. Fitz Gerald was born in Athlone,
County Westmeath, Ireland, September 24, 1837. He
arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, about 1847 or 1848.
He enlisted January 5. 1855, at Fort McHenry, Alan-
land, and was assigned to Company E, First Artil-
lery, at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. He was ordered to
Florida with his company in the winter of 1855—56, and
served during the war against Billy Bowlegs and his tribe,
part of the time as acting hospital .steward in the field.
1 [e was then ordered with his company to Fort Moultrie,
South Carolina, in the fall of 1858, and performed the
duties of hospital steward during- the epidemic of yellow
fever at that post. I [e was promoted corporal Company
E, First Artillery, in 1858, and discharged in November,
[859. He re-enlisted, and was transferred to the Ord-
nance Corps in January, [ 860, and was assigned to duty at
['. S. Arsenal, Charleston, South Carolina, lie remained
thereuntil the surrender of the arsenal to the State of
South Carolina, December 30, i860 (as artificer and act-
ing fii it sergeant of the detachment). The disagreeable
duty devolved upon him to lower — the fust time in its
history — our flag in the presence of trait, irs. I Ie remained
a prisoner in the arsenal until after the firing on the "Star
of the West," when he proceeded to the U. S. Arsenal at
Augusta, Georgia, reporting to Captain Elsie, late Second
U. S. Artillery. I Ie remained there until the surrender of
the arsenal, and was then ordered to Washington D. C. I

where he was discharged, at his own request, to enable
him to accept a position under the State of South Caro-
lina; but, instead, he proceeded to Fort McHenry,
Maryland, and enlisted, and was then appointed hospital
steward at that post. From there he was transferred, as
chief hospital steward, to the general hospital at Fred-
erick, Maryland, until appointed second lieutenant of the
Ninth Infantry, and ordered to duty with his company,
C, at San Juan Island, Washington Territory, June, 1863 ;
he remained on duty, in joint military occupation of the
group of islands with the British troops, until October,
[865, when he was relieved and ordered to the Presidio
1 'I San Francisco, California, and assigned to duty as post
adjutant, acting commissary of subsistence, and acting
stant quartermaster until May, 1866, when relieved
and ordered to Fort Bidwell, California, relieving compa-
nies of the Second California Cavalry. He commanded
the post, consisting of Companies C, Ninth Infantry, and
A, First Cavalry, and performed the duty of acting assist-
ant commissaiy of subsistence and acting assistant quar-
termaster until the middle of 1867, when he was relieved
and ordered to the command of Fort Crook, California.
From this point he was ordered back to Fort Bidwell
and placed on duty as acting assistant quartermaster and
acting assistant commissary of subsistence until Novem-
ber, 1868, when detailed on general recruiting service,
rejoining his regiment at Omaha Barracks, Nebraska,
prior to its consolidation, in 1869, and assigned to Com-
pany C, but soon transferred to Company F, and changed
station to Sidney Barracks to command company and
post. From this he was relieved and ordered, with his
company, to < >maha Barracks in 1871 ; to Fort Russell,
Wyoming Territory, in 1872; to the Sioux Reservation,
Camps Sheridan and Robinson, Nebraska, in 1875; to
field duty on White River, Nebraska, in 1876.

Captain Fitz Gerald was wounded at Red Cloud Agency
in [876. 1 Ie commanded his company in Chicago, Illinois,
during the riots of 1877; after which he commanded the
quartermaster's depot at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory,
until ordered to Fort McKinney, Washington Terri-
tory.

From there he was placed on the retired list in May,
1879, on account of wounds and injuries, at his own
request.

He was promoted first lieutenant March 4, 1864, and
captain December 31, 1873, and commanded companies
from March 4, 1864, to 1868, and from 1869 to 1879.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL DANIEL W. FLAGLER, U.S.A.

Brigadier-General Daniel \V. Flagler (Chief of
Ordnance) was born in New York March 24, 1835, and
graduated at the Military Academy June 24, 1861. He
was promoted brevet second and second lieutenant of
ordnance the same day, and first lieutenant August 3,
1S61, and captain March 3, 1863. He served during the
rebellion of the seceding States, 1861 to 1866; in drill-
ing volunteers at Washington, D. C., July 1-15, 1861 ;
in the Manassas campaign and in the defences of Washing-
ton July and August, 1861 : assistant ordnance officer at
Allegheny Arsenal, Pennsylvania, and on foundry duty
at Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, inspect-
ing ordnance for fitting out the Mississippi River Flotilla,
August to December, 1861 ; as chief of ordnance to Gen-
eral Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, Decem-
ber, 1 86 1, to August, 1862 ; in charge of transportation
of siege-train across country, New Berne to Fort Macon,
North Carolina, and of construction of approaches and
batteries in front of Fort Macon, March and April, 1862 ;
in the Maryland campaign (Army of the Potomac) as
assistant ordnance officer and aide-de-camp September
and October, 1862 ; as chief ordnance officer, November,
1862, to November, 1863 ; in hospital October and No-
vember, 1863; on inspection duty at the West Point
Foundry, New York, November, 1863, to May, 1864;
assistant to chief of ordnance, LT. S. A., Washington,
D. C, May, 1864, to June, 1865, and inspecting arms,
Army of the Potomac, February, 1865 ; in charge of
Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, April and May, 1S65.

General Flagler participated in the battle of Bull Run
July 21, 1861 ; the battle and capture of Roanoke Island
February 7-8, 1862 ; battle of New Berne, North Carolina,
March 14, 1862, and in command of mortar batteries in
bombardment of Fort Macon, resulting in capture April
26, 1862 ; engaged in the battle of South Mountain Sep-
tember 14, 1862; battle of Antietam September 17, 1862;
engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg December 13,
1862 ; battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2-4, 1863, !
and battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1-3,
1863.

He was brevetted captain March 14, 1862, for gallant
services at battle of New Berne, North Carolina ; major
April 26, 1862, for gallant services at siege of Fort Ma-
con, North Carolina; lieutenant-colonel March 13, 1865,
for distinguished services in the field during the war of
the Rebellion.

After the war closed he was employed on a tour of
inspection of Western arsenals, with chief of ordnance,
U. S. A., May, 1865 ; in charge of receiving arms from
disbanded volunteers from Delaware and Pennsylvania at
Wilmington, Delaware, and Philadelphia and Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, May and June, 1865 ; on special ordnance

inspection duty in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and
Alabama, June to September, 1865; assistant ordnance
officer, Watervliet Arsenal, New York, ( )ctober to De-
cember, 1 865 ; in command of Augusta Arsenal and
Powder- Works, Georgia, January, 1S66, to May, 1871,
having charge also of Confederate ordnance establish-
ments, depots, and stores, and disposal of same, at At-
lanta, Macon, Athens, and Savannah, Georgia, January,
1866, to January, 1869; and on special ordnance inspec-
tion duty at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, December,
1866; Selma, Alabama, February, 1869; and Fort
Pickens, Florida, February, 1871 ; in command of Rock-
Island Armory and Arsenal June, 1871, to May 31, 1886;
member of Board on Heavy Gun- Carriages, at New
York, January to March, 1873; special inspection of
Fort Union Arsenal, New Mexico, with view of break-
ing up same, September, 1880; on Board at Indianap-
olis, Indiana, in regard to removal of Indianapolis Ar-
senal, January, 1883; on ordnance inspection duty, San
Antonio, Texas, Fort Lowell, Arizona, and Benicia,
California, February and March, 1883; in command of
Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1886, to No-
vember 11, 1889; president of Board on Site for Gun
Foundry March 22 to May 14, 1887 ; president of Board
on Comparative Merits of Morse and Service Reloading
Cartridges, March 3 to May 1, 1888; on special duty to
select site and make plans for Columbia Arsenal, Ten-
nessee, May 29 to June 30, 1888; president of Board for
Testing Rifled Cannon and Projectiles in 1889 ; in com-
mand of Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, from No-
vember 29, 1SS9, to 1 89 1.

He was promoted major June 23, 1874; lieutenant-
colonel August 23, 1881 ; colonel September 15, 1890;
and was appointed brigadier-general and chief of ordnance
January 23, 1891.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

COLONEL DELANCEY FLOYD-JONES, U.S.A. (retired).

Colonel Delancey Floyd-Jones was born, 1826, in
( jueens County, State of New York. He was graduated
at the l!. S. Military Academy in the Class of 1S46.
Upon graduating he was appointed to the Seventh Regi-
ment of Infantry, then serving in Mexico under General
Taylor, which he proceeded to join in September of that
year.

After a few months' service with General Taylor's
army, he was promoted to the Fourth Regiment of In-
fantry, which was transferred to Worth's division of ( ren-
eial Scott's army, and formed the advance in the landing,
and at the siege of Vera Cruz. Alter the surrender of
that city, his company formed a part of the garrison of
San Juan d'UHoa.

The regiment proceeded with the army en route for the
City nl" Mexico, and for a time formed a part of the gar-
rison of the Castle of Perote, and the city of Puebla.
Lieutenant Floyd-Jones took- part in the various en-
■ ments in the Valley of Mexico, notably in the battles
of Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, and the taking of the
City of Mexico. For his i onduct at the battle of Molino
del key, he was especially commended by Captain —
afterwards General — Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame,
on which he was brevetted first lieutenant.

At the close ol the Mexican War he was assigned to
duty on the Northern Lakes, and served foi a time as
aide-de-camp to General Brady. In [852 his regiment
transferred to the Pacini coast, via the Isthmus of
Panama; while serving in that department he took- part
in the war against the Rogue River Indians, a severe
but successful campaign, lasting some six months.

On the breaking on( of the Rebellion he was, at the
instance of General Winfield Scott, made major of the
Eleventh Infantry, and joined his regiment, which was
being recruited at Fort Independence, Boston harbor.

The regiment was made a part of the Army of the Poto-
mac, and under his command moved with that army in
its advance upon Yorktown, his regiment being among
the first to open the trenches in the siege of that place.

Colonel Floyd-Jones continued to serve with the Army
,:i~ the Potomac and took part in the Peninsula, Man-
assas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and
Gettysburg campaigns.

1 [e was frequently commended by his brigade com-
manders, and at the battle of Chancellorsville Colonel
Burbank says, " Where all did so well it is difficult to
discriminate, but I desire to mention by name the regi-
mental commander, Major De Lancey Lloyd-Jones, Llev-
enth Infantry, for the great coolness with which he
commanded his regiment."

In February, 1868, General George Sykcs, in recom-
mending Colonel Lloyd-Jones for the brevet of brigadier-
general, says," This officer served under my com-
mand from March, 1S62, until the fall of 1863, and
was present with the division of regular infantry in the
Peninsula, Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chan-
cellorsville, and Gettysburg campaigns of the Army of
the Potomac. lie was often favorably mentioned in the
reports of his brigade commander, and in the fight on the
Old Turnpike near Chancellorsville on the 1st of May,
1S63, distinguished himself at the head of his regiment.

"As commander of the Fifth Corps I had the oppor-
tunity to observe the zeal of Colonel Lloyd-Jones in the
campaign and battle of Gettysburg, and for these special
instances and his services during the Rebellion respect-
fully recommend him for the brevet of brigadier-general
in the army.

"Colonel Floyd-Jones is one of the few officers of his
grade who have not yet received this recognition of his
services, and when so many have received it, whose
duties in the field are not to be mentioned with those of

< olonel Floyd

held from him

(Signed)

■Jones, I think- it should no longer be with-

" George Sykes,
" Lieutenant- Colonel Fifth Infantry,
" Brevet Major-General U.S.A."
The colonel has been three times brevetted for gallant
conduct in battle, viz. : First lieutenant for Molino del
Rey, Mexico; lieutenant-colonel for the Peninsula cam-
paign, Virginia, and colonel for the battle of Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania. Much of Colonel Floyd- Jones's service
has been on the Western frontier. He retired from
active duty in 1879, after thirty-three years' service, nine-
teen of which was in the Indian country. He is a mem-
ber of the well-known family of Lloyd-Jones, of Long
Island, and has his home at South Oyster Bay, Long Isl-
and. I fe has travelled extensively, and an outline of his
journey around the woild, made in 1885-86, has been
published, under the title of " Letters from the Far East."

WHO SERVED I IV THE CIVIL WAR.

149

LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES W. FLUSSER,

U.S.N, (deceased).

Lieutenant-Commander Charles W. Flusser was a
native of Maryland, but was appointed midshipman from
Kentucky in July, 1847. Of this date, not a large one,
three members were killed in battle during the Civil
War, — Cummings, Gwin, and Flusser.

The latter was commissioned lieutenant in September,
1855, and lieutenant-commander in July, 1862.

During his early years of service on the Home Sta-
tion, the Brazils, the East Indies, and elsewhere, his
career was that usual to the junior naval officer. He
was always noted for attention to duty, and a quiet, con-
tained manner, approaching reticence in personal inter-
course. But those who knew him well also knew that
his quiet demeanor concealed a warm heart and a gallant
spirit.

When the expedition to Roanoke Island was in course
of preparation, Flusser was ordered there in command
of the " Commodore Pern-," a side-wheel steamer with
four heavy guns. Roanoke Island was the grand
strategic point for the North Carolina Sounds, and the
preparations on both sides showed the importance
attached to that position. The success was complete on
both land and shore ; and in the chase of the rebel flotilla
their flag-ship " Sea-Bird" was run into and sunk by
Flusser in the " Commodore Perry," who took as pris-
oners nearly all her officers and crew. In July, in com-
mand of three light-draught vessels with a company of
soldiers on board, he made a reconnoissance of the Ro-
anoke River, and fell under a sustained and. galling fire
of concealed riflemen on the banks. Flusser had been
ordered to go to a certain point, — and he did it, in spite
of the opposition of fire, which he could not return with-
out delay. He reached his point and carried off the
steamer " Nelson," belonging to the Confederacy. He
returned with one killed and ten wounded, having
accomplished his mission.

His fight at Franklin, on the Blackwater River, on
the 3d of October, deserves to be read in full. After
getting up the river, Flusser did not wait for the co-oper-
ating troops, but pushed on, to find a terrific fire from
concealed riflemen on the banks, which made the work-
ing of the guns most difficult. Flusser was a particu-
larly cool and daring man, and finding himself in a trap
determined to fight it out until the troops came up.
He threw Xl.-inch shell into Franklin, and with his 32-
pounder he poured grape and canister into the woods.

With another 32-pounder he fought mi the other side,
— and with his IX. -inch gun he shelled the strongest
position of the enemy. Till this time his guns' crews
were exposed to a hot rifle-fire which came from con-
cealed positions. The enemy had cut trees down across
the narrow river behind him, but, " neck or nothing," he
got round, put on steam, and pierced his way through
and over the obstruction. In all these enterprises in the
Sounds he was a leading spirit. In many of them little
was to be gained but hard knocks, — yet he was always
ready. "He was a terror to the marauding troops of
the enemy, who made a note of all his movements."

On the 1 8th of April, 1864, after a heavy fight about
Plymouth, North Carolina, in which both army and
navy were concerned, the " Miami" and " Southfield,"
being under Flusser's command, were anchored below
the town to prevent a flank movement of the Confederates.
Just then the news was received that the ram " Albe-
marle" was on her way down, and the two vessels were
chained together to meet her. In less than five minutes
the collision occurred. The ram struck the " Miami"
on the port bow, and the " Southfield" on the starboard
bow, causing the latter to sink rapidly. Both vessels
were firing into the ram with their 100-pounder rifles,
and XL-inch Dahlgren guns, but apparently made no
impression, although alongside. Flusser fired the first
three shots himself, the third shot being a ten-second
Dahlgren XL-inch shell. Directly after this shot Flusser
was killed by a fragment of a shell, — -whether from the
ram, or from the one from the " Miami" rebounding, is
doubtful.

ISO

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

COMMANDHR WILLIAM M. FOLGER, U.S.N.

Commander William M. Folger is a native of Ohio,

and was appointed a midshipman from that State in
September, 1861. He remained at the Naval Academy
until November 22, 1864. He was then attached to the
receiving-ship " North Carolina," at New York, and the
school-ship " Sabine," New London, from February to
JuK-, 1865. He then made a three-years' cruise in the
steam-sloop " Hartford," flag-ship of the Asiatic Squad-
ron. Promoted to lieutenant March ir, 1868, and com-
missioned lieutenant-commander in December of the same

year. After being stationed at the Norfolk Navy- Yard,
he was ordered to the flag-ship " Franklin," of the Euro-
pean Squadron, and served in that vessel, and in others of
that squadron, from 1868 to 1872. Upon his return to the
Linked States he was upon ordnance duty for two years.
In 1875-76 he was on leave of absence in luirope, and
during 1877 was attached to the steam-sloop " Marion,"
on the European Station. From 1887 to 1S89 he was
on duty at the Naval Academy at Annapolis; and then
made a cruise in the " Swatara," of the Asiatic Squad-
ron. In 1882 he was attached to the Bureau of Ord-
nance, Navy Department; and was then for three years
upon ordnance duty at Annapolis, when the naval prov-
ing and experimental ordnance work was carried on.

He was promoted to be commander in March, 18S5,
and commanded the " Quinnebaug," on the European
Station, during 1886-88. After his return he was in-
spector of ordnance at the navy-yard at Washington
from 1888 to 1890. In the last named year he was
appointed and confirmed by the Senate as Chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance, with rank of commodore, which
office he fills at present. Commodore Folger has been
for several years identified with the extensive and im-
portant work connected with the new ordnance provided
for the navy, and the establishment of the plant neces-
sary for making the same; as well as with the ex-
haustive trials of armor-plate of various descriptions.
In this way his name has become familiar to scientific
engineers, as well as to military and naval men of all
countries.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

i5i

SURGEON-GENERAL JONATHAN M. EOLTZ, U.S.N.
(deceased).

Surgeon-General Jonathan M. Foltz was born in
Pennsylvania, and entered the service from Maryland, as
assistant surgeon, in April, 183 1. He first served in
the frigate " Potomac," on the Pacific Station, and upon
his return home was attached to the Medical Bureau,
and to the navy-yard at Washington. He received his
commission as surgeon in December, 1838, and was in
charge of the United States Naval Hospital at Port
Mahon during the years 1839-40. He afterwards made
a three years' cruise on the Brazil Station, in the frigate
" Raritan." He was attached to the Washington Navy-
Yard in 1850; and from 185 1 to 1854 served in the
"Jamestown," on the coast of Brazil. His next service
was at the Rendezvous at Philadelphia, and at the Naval
Asylum in the same city.

After a short service in the steam-frigate " Niagara,"
he was, on the formation of Farragut's fleet for the
capture of New Orleans, ordered as fleet-surgeon. Dur-
ing all Farragut's actions in 1862-63, he occupied the
post of fleet-surgeon, a most responsible and onerous one.

In 1864-66 he was a member of the Board of Exami-
ners, and president of the board in 1867. When Farra-
gut went upon his European cruise in 1868-69, Foltz
was again his fleet-surgeon. He was commissioned
medical director in March, 1871, and was chief of the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1871-73.

He died in Philadelphia in April, 1887. Dr. Foltz
was a man who impressed all with whom he came in
contact as a thorough-going and reliable person. He had
no hobbies in his professional views, which were sound

and sensible, without pretension. When President Bu-
chanan was in the White House, and became indisposed
or ill, his first act was to send for Foltz, who was stationed
in Philadelphia at the time Mr. Buchanan was in the
presidential chair : so Farragut came to rely upon him,
and with reason. When the admiral became ill while
on his travel in Europe, during his last cruise, he
hastened back to the " Franklin," at Spezzia, for the care
which he required. The estimation in which Dr. Foltz
was held by his townsmen of Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
was evidenced by an immense attendance upon his funeral
in that ancient city, where his remains lie close to those
of Reynolds, a townsman, and the hero and martyr of
the first day of Gettysburg.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

REAR-ADMIRAL ANDREW HULL FOOTE, U.S.N.
(deceasi d).

Rear-Admiral Andrew Hull Foote was born in
Connecticut 12th September, 1806. He was a son of
S. A. Foote, United States Senator. Foote entered the
navy as a midshipman in 1822, and served under the
elder Porter in breaking up the piratical haunts in the
West Indies. He became lieutenant in 1830. In [849-
50-5 1, while in command of the" Perry," he did effective
service in the suppression of the African .slave-trade. In
1856 he was in China, in command of the "Plymouth,"
during hostilities between the Chinese and the English.
While protecting American property he was fired upon
by the forts on Canton River. Lie obtained permission
from Commodore Armstrong to demand an apology, and,
when this was refused, he attacked the forts, four in
number, with the sloops "Portsmouth" and "Levant,"
breached the largest, and carried them by storm. His
lo was forty, that of the enemy four hundred. When
the Civil War began he was selected to command the
flotilla forming upon the Western waters. It was most

exacting duty, and he himself said the hardest he ever
performed. In February, 1862, having a number of
vessels in readiness, he moved against Fort Henry, in
. connection with General Grant's forces, had a hotly-
contested engagement, and carried the fort before the
army got up. His conduct on this, as on other occa-
sions, was conspicuously fine. A few days after Fort
Donelson was attacked by the united forces, ami, dur-
ing a prolonged engagement, had several of his vessels
disabled and was himself wounded. In conjunction with
General Lope he next operated against Island No. 10,
the strong works there surrendering to him on April 7.
His wound, which his impetuous spirit had caused him
to neglect, now became so troublesome that he was
forced to give up his command. In June he received
the thanks of Congress, and was made a rear-admiral.
I le was also appointed chief of the Bureau of Equipment
and Recruiting. In June, 1863, he was selected to suc-
ceed Rear-Admiral Dupont in command of the fleet off
Charleston; but, while on his way to assume this com-
mand, he died at New York June 26, 1863. He was
a man of a high type of Christian character, with most
genial and lovable traits, but uncompromisingly firm in
his principles, especially in regard to temperance reform
in the navy, where he was the means of abolishing the
spirit-ration. Admiral Smith said of him: "Rear-
Admiral Foote's character is well known in the navy.
One ot the strongest traits was great persistence in any-
thing he undertook . . . He was truly a pious man,
severely an honest man, and a philanthropist of the first
order. He was one of our foremost navy officers — none
before him." By his being the first to break the Con-
federate line of defence, in an hour of great depression.
he raised the hope and prestige of success. Courageous
and successful, he was thoroughly devoted to his pro-
fession, and united the characteristics of both the new and
old schools of the navy.

He wrote "Africa and the American Flag," which
was published in 1 S 3 4 , and excited much attention at
the time.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

153

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES FORNEY, U.S.M.C.

Lieutenant-Colonel James Forney (United States
Marine Corps) was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on
January 17, 1 844, the son of J. W. Forney.

Colonel Forney was commissioned a second lieuten-
ant March 1, 1861, and served on board the flag-ship
"Roanoke;" became a first lieutenant in September;
was in command of the Marine Barracks at Washing-
ton ; was in command of the Marine Barracks at Ports-
mouth, New Hampshire; ordered to the steam-sloop
" Brooklyn," West Gulf Squadron, and in her partici-
pated in the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip,
and the city of New Orleans. In the official report is
stated, " Lieutenant James Forney, commanding marines,
had two guns assigned him, and, with his men, fought
most gallantly." Admiral Farragut detailed him to go
on shore and raise the flag on the Custom-House of
New Orleans. It was the first hoisted there, and he
brought off the Confederate flag, and delivered it to
Captain Craven, of the " Brooklyn." For these services
he was brevetted a captain. While attached to the West
Gulf Squadron he participated in the actions at Clial-
mette, Port Hudson, Grand Gulf, first and second attacks
on Vicksburg, Donaldsonville, Bayou Sara, and Galves-
ti in, Texas. At Brazos Santiago he cut out and captured
four vessels, with valuable cargoes, from under the rebel
batteries. He was commissioned captain in April,
1864.

In July of that year, when a Confederate army under
Early threatened the capital, Forney had command of
the troops at Havre de Grace, Maryland. General French,
in his report of the ensuing operations, writes thus : "The
army of the Confederates, under Jubal Early, was at the
gates of Washington ; communication with the northern
cities was cut off; Gilmore's cavalry had captured a
passenger train (made prisoner of General Franklin)
and then destroyed it, and burned the bridge over Gun-
powder River. The War Department shared in these
fears of disaster, and, by telegraph, all the available
troops at the West were ordered to assemble at Havre
de Grace, Maryland. At the same time a despatch
requested me to assume command of them. In less
than eight hours' time three thousand men had reported,
of all arms of the service. Captain Forney was first on
the ground, with a splendid battalion of troops of the
Marine Corps, and eight field howitzers. These troops
were at once advanced ; a part covered the reconstruction
of the bridges, and others were made to demonstrate
upon the rebel rear and flanks, preparatory to an advance.
The same day the travel through to Baltimore was opened.
Early, threatened in every direction, fell back."

For this duty Captain Forney received the brevet of
lieutenant-colonel, " for meritorious services in defeating
a rebel raid at Gunpowder Bridge."
20

After the war Forney served in the flag-ship " Hart-
ford," in the Asiatic Squadron, as fleet marine officer,
from 1865 to 1868. During an unusually severe and
exhausting expedition in the Island of Formosa, in June,
1867, he commanded the marines. The climate, the
nature of the ground, and the bush-fighting of the natives
rendered this service a particularly trying one. He was
recognized by a brevet of major "for gallant and meri-
torious services in the action with the savages at Formosa,
June 13, 1867."

In October, 1870, Colonel Forney commanded the
marines in the riots which took place in Philadelphia in
consequence of the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amend-
ment, being the first vote of the colored population.

Aided the revenue officers in the task of breaking
up illicit distillation in Philadelphia ; and in September
of 1873 joined the " Minnesota" steam-frigate.

In 1875 and 1876 he was fleet marine officer of the
North Pacific Squadron; in August, 1876, assumed the
command of the marines at League Island, and in
1877-78 commanded the marines at Norfolk, Virginia.
In the summer of 1877, during the labor riots, he com-
manded the second battalion of marines, who were com-
plimented in general orders by the Secretary of the
Navy and by General Hancock. Colonel Barry, of the
Second Artillery, brevet major-general commanding,
says :

" On relieving the marines from further duty under my
command, I shall express the opinion of Major-General
Hancock, and shall find great pleasure in giving expres-
sion also to my own conviction, 'that the services and
military appearance and conduct of the battalion of
Luiited States marines, commanded by Captain Forney,
have been such, while serving in this command, as to
entitle them to commendation and thanks.' "

In command at League Island, Pennsylvania.

154

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

COMMANDHR J. M. FORSYTH, U.S.N.

Commander James McQueen Forsyth was born
on Long Island, Bahamas, January I, 1S42. He came
to Philadelphia when eleven years old, and was edu-
cated in the public schools of that city. At the age
of fifteen he went to sea in the merchant service, and
then, before he was twenty years of age, on August I,
1 861, entered the naval service as a volunteer, under
Commander H. S. Stellwagen, who appointed him
second-class pilot for the Hatteras Expedition, and who
favorably mentioned him in his report of the capture
of Forts Clark and Hatteras. In September, 1861, he
was made acting master's mate, and served thenceforth
in various grades through the war, in the North and
South Atlantic and the West Gulf Squadrons. He was
present in the engagements under Farragut from Forts
Jackson and St. Philip to Vicksburg, the fight at Grand
Gulf, and the engagements with the rebel ram "Arkan-
sas." For good service in these actions he was made
acting ensign in September, 1862; was then attached
to the " Water-Witch," " Pawnee," and monitor " Nan-
tucket," of the South Atlantic Squadron ; took part in
expeditions up St. John's River, and various engagements
with Sumter, Moultrie, and other works at Charleston.
Promoted to acting master August 1, 1864. He was one
of the officers detailed to take north the captured rebel
ram "Columbia," in May. 1865. From 1865 to 1868

served as navigator and executive-officer of the " Nyack,"
of the Pacific Squadron.

Commissioned as master in the regular navy March,
1868, and as lieutenant December 18, 1868. During
1868 and 1869 he was executive-officer of the " Pur-
veyor," on special service. After duty on board the
receiving-ship " Potomac," he became navigator and
executive-officer of the iron-clad " Saugus," of the North
Atlantic Squadron, and then executive-officer of the iron-
clad " Ajax." He was next stationed at the navy-yard
at Philadelphia from May, 1871, to December, 1872, and
then joined the " Supply" as executive-officer. This
vessel was employed on special service in connection with
the Vienna Exposition from January to December, 1873.
For some months after this, Lieutenant Forsyth was
stationed at the Philadelphia Navy- Yard. From March,
1874, to February, 1877, he was navigating officer of the
" Powhatan," North Atlantic Station. Ill health caused
him to take three months' sick-leave, but he was ordered
to the course in torpedo instruction that summer, and for
the rest of 1877 and the whole of 1878 he was on duty
at League Island. He was promoted lieutenant-com-
mander May 9, 1878; served as executive-officer of the
"Constellation" in her special service of Irish relief,
March to June, 1880, and then was for some months
upon " waiting orders." In 1 88 1 , after three months' ser-
vice in the receiving-ship " Colorado," he was ordered
to the " Lancaster," of the Mediterranean Squadron, as
navigating and executive-officer, where he remained until
September, 1884. The " Lancaster" was flag-ship during
this period.

Lieutenant-Commander Forsyth was on leave from
November, 1884, to April, 1885, when he was ordered to
League Island as ordnance officer, and remained there
until June, 1886. At that date he was ordered to the
U. S. Naval Home as assistant to the executive-officer,
and remained on that duty until Jul)-, 1889. He was
promoted to be commander February 14, 18S9.

Commander Forsyth was ordered to the command of
the school-ship " Saratoga," but the orders were revoked
at his own request, and he was then detailed for the
command of the " Tallapoosa," of the Brazil Squadron.
This vessel was condemned and sold on the station in
the early spring of 1S92, and Commander Forsyth re-
turned to the United States bv mail-steamer.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

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LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ROYAL T. FRANK, U.S.A.

Lieutenant-Colonel Royal T. Frank (Second Ar-
tillery) was born in Gray, Cumberland County, Maine,
May 6, 1836, his ancestors being among the pioneer
settlers of that State. He was appointed to the Military
Academy at West Point in 1854, and, graduating four
years later, was assigned to the Eighth Infantry, which
he joined in New Mexico in 1859. In the following
summer he participated in a campaign against the Kiowa
and Comanche Indians of that Territory, and on the
23d of July, while in command of Companies E and K
of his regiment, was engaged in a severe skirmish with
a largely superior number of those Indians near Hatch's
Ranch, New Mexico. His prompt and soldier-like con-
duct in that affair was highly commended by the depart-
ment commander, and was mentioned in orders from the
head-quarters of the army announcing the operations of
that year.

He was promoted first lieutenant May 14, 1861, and
in May, 1861, while en route with a battalion of his regi-
ment under the command of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
J. V. D. Reeves, from El Paso, Texas, to the coast, he
was surrendered a prisoner of war near San Antonio,
and was held a prisoner in Texas until exchanged in
February, 1862, when he rejoined his regiment in the
defences of Washington, having been promoted captain
February 27, 1862.

He was in the field with the Army of the Potomac,
and during the Peninsula campaign was on provost duty
at the head-quarters of that army. I le commanded his
regiment during the Maryland and Rappahannock cam-
paign, and was on duty with it during the Gettysburg
campaign. From 1864 to 1866 was acting assistant
adjutant-general of the general recruiting service. He
was made brevet major for gallant and meritorious ser-
vices during the Peninsula campaign, and brevet lieu-
tenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious services in the
battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

After the war he was on duty in the South, and during
the reconstruction period commanded the posts or dis-
tricts of Wilmington, North Carolina, and Darlington,
South Carolina, and subsequently was in command at

several other posts until December, 1870, when he was
transferred to the First Artillery. With that regiment
he served at various points, North and South, and was
engaged with it at different times in suppressing civil
disturbances incident to the internal revenue laws, the
political troubles in the South in 1876, and the labor
troubles in Pennsylvania in 1877. In the performance
of these duties he was in command at several important
points, and was mentioned in the reports of General
Hancock and others for especially valuable services. In
1 88 1 his regiment was transferred to the Pacific coast,
where he served until 1886, commanding the posts of
Alcatraz Island and Fort Point, San Francisco harbor.
In June he was ordered to Fort Monroe, Virginia, and
assigned to duty at the Artillery School as superintendent
of the departments of engineering, law, and military art ;
subsequently as senior instructor in the latter depart-
ment. In November, 1888, he was assigned to the com-
mand of the Artillery School and of the post of Fort
Monroe.

Colonel Frank was transferred from the Infantry to the
First Artillery as a captain December 15, 1870. He was
promoted major January 2, 1881, and lieutenant-colonel
of the Second Artillery January 25, 1889.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

RKAR-ADMIRAL SAMUEL R. FRANKLIN, U.S.N.

(Kl TIKI D).

Rear-Admiral Samuel R. Franklin was bom in Penn-
sylvania, and appointed midshipman from that State,
February 18, 1841. First served on the frigate "United
States," in the Pacific, and then in the " Relief," store-
ship. Present at the demonstration upon Monterey,
when no resistance was offered, and the place was occu-
pied without a battle. Midshipman Franklin was de-
tained abroad by the event, and was not ordered to the
Naval School until 1847. Passed midshipman August
10, 1847. Served in razee " Independence," Mediter-
ranean, for three years, and on the Coast Survey for two
years. Commissioned lieutenant September 14, 1855;
Naval Academy, 1855-56; sloop "Falmouth," Pra7.il
Squadron, 1857-59; sloop" Macedonian," Home Squad-
ron, 1859-60; sloop " Dakota," Atlantic cast, 1861-62.
When the" Merrimac" came out, on the 8th March, 1862,
Lieutenant Franklin was a volunteer on board the
"Roanoke" at the time the "Congress'' and "Cumber-
land" were destroyed. The " Roanoke" was engaged
with the batteries at Sewell's Point, but grounded soon
.ifter, and was not fairly in action with the rebel iron-
clad. July [6, [862, was commissioned as lieutenant-
commander, and ordered to command "Aroostook,"

gun-boat, James River Flotilla. In 1863 proceeded in
same vessel to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron ;
was upon special duty in New Orleans in 1864; chief
of staff of West Gulf Blockading Squadron, under Bell,
Palmer, and Thatcher ; was the naval representative in
the demand for the surrender of the city of Mobile, in
the spring of [865. After the war commanded "Sagi-
naw," North Pacific Squadron, 1866-67; on special duty
in regard to laying a cable across Bering's Straits.

Commissioned commander September, 1866; ordnance
duty, navy-yard, California, 1868-69. In 1869-70 com-
manded " Mohican," North Pacific Squadron, and took
the scientific party to Plover Bay, Siberia, to observe the
total eclipse of the sun.

Equipment duty, Mare Island Navy-Yard, 1870-72;
commissioned captain August 13, 1872; commanded
"Wabash," European Station, 1873; also served as chief
of staff to Admiral Case. When the flag was shifted
to the " Franklin," Captain Franklin commanded her,
and was chief of staff to Rear-Admiral Worden ; presi-
dent of Board for Promotion of Officers, navy-yard, Nor-
folk, 1877; promoted to commodore May 1881 ; special
duty, Washington, 1881—83; previous to which served
as hydrographer to the Bureau of Navigation ; superin-
tendent of Naval Observatory, 1884-85. In that posi-
tion represented United States of Colombia in the In-
ternational Conference to establish a prime meridian ;
promoted rear-admiral January, 1885; ordered to com-
mand of European Station February, 1885, with " Pensa-
cola" as flag-ship. Remained on that station until re-
lieved, and retired, under operation of the law, in Au-
gust, 1887.

.Although Admiral Franklin was on the retired list,
he was, in February, 1889, appointed by President Cleve-
land as one of the delegates on the part of the United
States to the International Marine Conference, and was
chosen president of that body upon its assembly at
Washington, on October 16, 1889. Admiral Franklin
had two brothers in the army. One was the very dis-
tinguished General William B. Franklin, the commander
of an army corps of the Army of the Potomac. The
other, younger, was in the Twelfth Infantry, and resigned,
soon after the late war, to engage in the superintendence
of extensive iron-works.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

'57

COLONEL AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM
B. FRANKLIN, U.S.A.

Colonel and Brevet Major-General William B.
Franklin was born in Pennsylvania, and graduated at
the Military Academy July i, 1843. He was promoted
brevet second lieutenant of the Topographical Engi-
neers in 1845 ; he was detailed as topographical officer on
General Kearney's expedition to the South Pass of the
Rocky Mountains, in the same year.

Promoted second lieutenant in the same corps Septem-
ber 21, 1846, he served in the war with Mexico, partici-
pating in General Wool's march through Coahuila during
1846-47, being engaged in the battle of Buena Vista
February 22-23, l%47> anc' brevetted first lieutenant for
this engagement " for gallant and meritorious conduct."

On Jul)- 21, 1848, Lieutenant Franklin was ordered to
the Military Academy as assistant professor of natural
and experimental philosophy, which he retained until
January 9, 1852.

He was promoted first lieutenant March 3, 1853, and
captain in his corps July 1, 1857, was secretary of the
Light-House Board from March 3, 1857, until November
1, 1S59, when he was detailed as superintending engineer
in charge of the extension of the capitol (including the
new dome), and of the General Post-Office at Washing-
ton, D. C, until March 3, 1861, when he was made chief
of the Construction Bureau of the U. S. Treasury De-
partment and superintending engineer of the Treasury
Building Extension until May 14, [861, at which date he
was appointed colonel of the Twelfth U. S. Infantry.

Colonel Franklin was appointed brigadier-general of
volunteers May 17, [861, and was engaged at New York
City until June 30, 1 86 1, in receiving and forwarding
volunteers. He then entered the field, ami was in com-
mand of a brigade in the Manassas campaign, being
engaged in the battle of first Bull Run July 21, 1861.
He was placed in command at Alexandria, Virginia,
August 1, 1 861, and from September 1, 1861, to March,
1862, was in command of a division in the defences of
Washington. He entered on the Peninsula campaign
with the Army of the Potomac, in command of a divi-
sion, in March, 1862, and was assigned to the command
of the Sixth Army Corps in the following May, which
he retained until August, 1862, being engaged in the
siege of Yorktown, combat of West Point, Virginia (in
command); action at Golding's Farm, battle of White
Oak Bridge, battle of Savage Station, battle of Malvern
Hill, and skirmish at Harrison's Landing.

Appointed major-general of volunteers July 4, 1862,
and participated in the Maryland campaign, being en-
gaged (in command) at the battle of Crampton's Gap,
South Mountain ; and was also engaged at the battle
of Antietam, September 17, 1862. After McClellan's re-

lief from the command of the Army of the Potomac, he
was placed in command of the Left Grand Division
(First and Sixth Corps) of the Army of the Potomac to
January 24, 1863, having been engaged in the battle of
Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 11- 14, 1862; was
on waiting orders to June 27, 1863, when he was ordered
to the Department of the Gulf, being in command of the
troops in and about Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to August
15, 1863, when he commanded the expedition to Sabine
Pass, Texas, and was in command of the Nineteenth
Army Corps, and of the troops in Western Louisiana,
and took part in the Red River Expedition, being en-
gaged in the battle of Sabine Cross-Roads, April 8, 1864,
where he was wounded, but, continuing on duty, was in
the battle of Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864, and action of
Monette's Crossing of Cane River, April 23, 1864.

While on sick-leave from April 29 to December 2,
1S64, he was captured by rebel raiders in the Philadel-
phia and Baltimore Railroad cars, July 11, 1864, but
escaped during the next night; was president of board
for retiring disabled officers, at Wilmington, to Novem-
ber 10, 1865, when he was granted leave of absence to
March 15, 1866, when he resigned from the army,
having resigned his volunteer commission November 10,
1865. March 13, 1865, he was brevetted major-general
U. S. Army " for gallant and meritorious services in the
field during the Rebellion."

Upon entering civil life, General Franklin became gen-
eral agent of Colt's Fire-Arms Mf. Co., at Hartford, Conn.,
from November 15, 1865. He is the only citizen of the
United States upon whom has been conferred the French
decoration of "Grand Officier de la Legion d'Honneur."
Has been President of the Board of Managers of the
National House for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers since
April 21, 1880.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

MAJOR HENRY BLANCHARD FREEMAN, U.S.A.

Major Henry Blanchard Freeman (Sixteenth In-
fantry) was born in Ohio January 17, 1837. At the com-
mencement of the war of the Rebellion he entered the
regular service as private in Company B, Second Battalion,
Eighteenth Infantry, July 8, 1861 ; was promoted first
sergeant, and was discharged November 4. 1861 , to accept
the appointment of second lieutenant of the Eighteenth
Infantry to date from October 30, 1861.

1 le served in the Army of the Cumberland in 1862-63,
and was engaged in siege of Corinth, Perryville, Ken-
tucky, Hoover's Gap, Tennessee, Monroe Cross Ro
North Carolina, cavalry combat at Solemn Grove, North
1 arolina, and the battles of Murfreesborough and
Chickamauga. He was made prisoner of war in Sep-
tember, [863, and escaped from Libby prison, Rich-
mond, through the famous tunnel, February 14, 1864,
but was recaptured three days later on Appomattox
River, above City Point. He was one of the officers
placed under the fire from Union batteries at Charleston,
South Carolina, in August, 1864. He again escaped
from a railway train on the Savannah and Charleston
Railroad, the same month, but surrendered to avoid star-

vation. In November, 1864, he escaped from prison, Camp
Sorghum, near Columbia, South Carolina, in November,
1S64, and was recaptured ten days later. For the fourth
time he escaped from prison at Columbia, South Caro-
lina, February 14, 1S65, and joined General Sherman's
army, and was with the Seventeenth Corps from that date
to April, 1865, when he was on duty with the head-
quarter.-, of Kilpatrick's Cavalry Corps, from Winsbor-
ough, South Carolina, to Fayetteville, North Carolina.

He was promoted first lieutenant May 30, 1862, and
captain J Lily 28, 1866, and received the brevets of cap-
tain December 31, 1862, for "gallant and meritorious
services in the battle of Murfreesborough., Tennessee;"
and major September 20, 1 863, for "gallant and meri-
torious services in the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia."

Lieutenant Freeman was adjutant of the First Battal-
ion of the Eighteenth Infantry from March 16, 1863
to November 1, 1865, and was acting assistant adjutant-
general of the Seventeenth Army Corps from February
14, 1865 to April, 1865.

Captain Freeman served with his regiment on the
frontier in the Department of the Platte at Forts Phil
Kearney and Reno from 1 866 to 1869, and was on the
Republican River campaign of the latter year. Depart-
ment of Dakota from April, 1870, to 1882. He com-
manded two companies and a detachment of the Seventh
Infantry against the half breeds on Milk River, Montana,
in the fall of 1871, and then was stationed at Camp
Baker, Montana, to July, 1875. He was in command of
six companies of the Seventh Infantry in the Sioux cam-
paign of 1876, and commanded the escort to the Sitting
Bull Commission to Fort Walsh, Canada, in 1877. He
was in command of the troops at Rock Springs, Wyo-
ming, from July 13, 1887, to September 20, 1889, and
was then detailed on special recruiting service at St. Paul,
Minnesota, December 16, 1890, when he was detailed as
a member of the board to select a magazine-gun for the
army, on which duty he is at present in New York
City.

He was promoted major of infantry June 19, iS9i,and
assigned to the Sixteenth Regiment.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

159

MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN CHARLES FREMONT, U.S.A..
F.R.G.S. (deceased).

Major- General John Charles Fremont, F.R.G.S.,
Chevalier of the Prussian " Order of Merit," etc., was
of Huguenot parentage on his father's side, and con-
nected with the Washington family on his mother's. He
received from the Charleston College the degree of
Bachelor and Master of Arts ; his mathematical attain-
ments especially fitted him for his after-life. In 1838 he
was appointed second lieutenant Topographical Engi-
neers, U.S.A., and was Nicollet's assistant in the two
explorations north of the Missouri in 1838-39. After
the second of these he married Jessie Benton, daughter
of Senator Thomas H. Benton. In 1S42 he made the
first of the great explorations in the then unmapped
West, and continued them through the years 1842,
1843-44, 1845-46-47, 1848-49, 1853-54. The third
resulted in the conquest of California by Captain Fre-
mont, to whom the government sent as special messenger
Lieutenant Archibald Gillespie, with instructions that
the President intended to take possession of California.
Captain Fremont was the only army officer then in that
Mexican province, and he acted for his government.

Later, General Kearney attempted to supersede Com-
modore Stockton, the provisional military governor.
Failing this, he ordered Captain Fremont to desert
Stockton. Captain Fremont refused, and was court-
martialled, being thus kept from the command of his
regiment during the Mexican War. He was sentenced to
dismissal, but the President disapproved of and re-
mitted the sentence. Colonel Fremont considered the
sentence unjust, and resigned. Lie had previously re-
ceived a double brevet at the instigation of General
Scott, and had been appointed military governor of Cali-
fornia. He then made the exploration of 1848-49, in
which one-third of the party died from exposure and
starvation. He was appointed by the government com-
missioner to run the boundary between the United States
and Mexico ; and, later, elected first V. S. Senator from
California to Congress. In 1853 he made his last
exploration across the Rocky Mountains ; the last two
explorations were made at his own expense. In 1856 he
was nominated for the Presidency by the just-formed
Republican part)', which was defeated. He was in Eng-
land at the breaking out of the war in 1861 ; offered his
services, and commenced buying arms for the govern-
ment on his own credit and responsibility ; received his
appointment as major-general in the regular army and
was assigned to command the Western Department. He
was given by President Lincoln unlimited powers in his
own department. In three months he organized and
equipped one hundred thousand men, having to buy and
manufacture most of the weapons and clothing. He
recognized the abilities of LT. S. Grant, and gave him his

first independent command, against the advice of those
who had known Captain Grant, and after the War 1 tepart-
ment and General McClellan had refused to do so. He
was the first to build iron-clad gun-boats. August 30,
1861, General Fremont issued his proclamation, emanci-
pating the slaves of rebels in his department. He cleared
Missouri of rebels, but, owing to political influences,
General Fremont was superseded by Hunter on the eve
of battle. Hunter immediately retreated from a far in-
ferior force, his trains and rear-guard suffering severe-
loss at the rebels' hands. General Fremont was then
placed in command of the Mountain Department, Vir-
ginia, and came in on Jack-son's rear during the latter's
retreat down the Valley of the Shenandoah in [862, pur-
suing him for six days, and fighting a battle with ten thou-
sand five hundred men against Jackson's seventeen thou-
sand, the forces under Fremont remaining on the field.

Serious political and personal controversy between
Fremont and Lincoln caused the latter to refuse Fre-
mont another command, and Fremont resigned, to accept,
fune 4, 1864, the nomination to the Presidency, tendered
him by the convention which met at Cleveland, Ohio.
The division of the Republican party following the rival
candidacy of Fremont and Lincoln would have resulted
in the election of the Democratic candidate, and Lincoln
sent Senator Zach. Chandler to Fremont, to ask him to
withdraw, and General Fremont did so, to save the party.

General Fremont now embarked his large fortune in
the building of a trans-continental railway, but through
the dishonest}' of agents lost every dollar. In March,
1878, a full release on all accounts and charges was given
General Fremont, the courts having found that the
charges made against him in 1872 by these agents were
altogether false. In 1878 General Fremont was appointed
Governor of Arizona Territory. In 1890 General Fre-
mont was placed on the retired list of the army, with his
former rank of major-general. Died July 13, 1890.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY {regular)

CAPTAIN J. H. GAGF.BY. U.S.A.

Captain I. H. Gageby (Third Infantry) was born at
fohnstown, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1836. He is of
Scotch-Irish descent. His grandfather, James Gageby,
was in Independence Hall when the Declaration of Inde-
pendence was read, and fought through the entire Revo-
lutionary War and afterwards settled 111 Westmoreland
Count)-, Pennsylvania.

Entered the army as sergeant of Company K, Third
Pennsylvania Volunteers, April 19, 1 861, and was actively
engaged at the battle of Falling Waters, Virginia, July
2, 1S61. lie enlisted in the Nineteenth U. S. Infantry
October 25, 1861, and was appointed first sergeant
from the date of his enlistment. His company joined
the Army of the Potomac at Harrison's Landing July 4,
1862, and was with it through the battles of South
Mountain and Antietam, Maryland, and Fredericksburg,
Virginia, when it was transferred to the Army of the
( iumberland March, 1863.

He was appointed a second lieutenant of the Nine-
teenth Infantry June 1, 1S63, and promoted first lieuten-
ant December 28, 1 863.

He was in command of Company G, Nineteenth In-
fantry, at the battle of Hoover's Gap, Tennessee, June
20, [863, for which he was brevetted for " gallant and
meritorious services in action."

lie was actively engaged in several severe skirmishes
during the march to the battle of Chickamauga, in which
latter engagement he was wounded and made a prisoner
of war September 20, 1S63, and was again brevetted for
gallant anil meritorious services in this battle.

He remained a prisoner of war in the different South-
ern prisons, — Atlanta, Augusta, Libby Prison, Virginia;
Danville, Virginia; Macon, Georgia ; Charleston, South
Carolina (under the fire of our own artillery in 1S64);
Columbia, South Carolina; Charlotte, Raleigh, Golds-
borough, and Wilmington, North Carolina, from which
place he was exchanged on parole March 1, 1865.
Total length of imprisonment, seventeen months and
ten days.

Lieutenant Gageby was one of Colonel Rose's party,
when the latter commenced work on the second tunnel
to escape from Libby Prison, at Richmond, Virginia.
Although he did not actually work in the tunnel, he
performed the necessary duty in the prison to prevent its
discovery while in progress. He was Number 23, of the
one hundred and ten who escaped by the famous tunnel
in February, 1864, but he was, unfortunately, recaptured
and confined in the dungeon at Libby Prison several
days, and subsequently transferred to the prisons farther
South.

Lieutenant Gageby was appointed a captain July 28,
1 866, and assigned to the Thirty-seventh United States
Infantry.

In the winter of 1868-69 he was in command of the
Infantry column with Colonel Evans's expedition against
the Comanches, and was actively engaged in the fight
with those Indians all day of Christmas, 186S, in which
their village of sixty lodges was destroyed. Colonel
Evans's letter to him, concerning the fight, says, " The
marching of your men was the talk and wonder of the
column, and you held the line until their supplies were
destroyed; and on no one did I place more dependence
than yourself, and you are eminently deserving of a
brevet for this fight, — certainly as much so as my-
self."

Captain Gageby participated also in the campaign of
General Brooke against the Mesceleros and Sierra
Diablo Lipan Apache Indians in April and May, 1869,
and was then transferred to the Third Infantry August
1 1 , 1 S69.

From 1874 to 1S77, the captain was employed on
" reconstruction duty" in the Bayou Teche district ot
Louisiana, and several letters commendatory of his ser-
vice there are on file in the War Department, from Mr.
Packard and others.

He was on leave at his home in Johnstown, Pennsyl-
vania, at the time of the great flood in 1889, and was
placed on duty there for several months by order of the
Secretary of War.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

161

CAPTAIN FRANK DILLON GARRETTY, U.S.A.

Captain Frank Dillon Garrettv (Seventeenth In-
fantry) was born in Ireland February 4, 1 829. He
entered the military service as second lieutenant of Com-
pany G, Fifteenth Kentucky Infantry, December 14,
1 861. He served with the Army of the West during
the war of the Rebellion, and was with his regiment
in the spring of 1862, at the capture of Howling Green,
Kentucky; Nashville, Murfreesborough, Shelbyville, and
Fayetteville, Tennessee ; and Huntsville, Alabama. He
marched with his regiment, August 31, 1862, to Perry -
ville, Kentucky, and engaged in the battle of Perryville,
October 8, 1862, where he was wounded. He was
honorably discharged June 2j, 1863, for physical disa-
bility.

He received his commission as first lieutenant of the
Veteran Reserve Corps October 2, 1863, and was guard-
ing prisoncrs-of-war at Indianapolis, and Camp Doug-
las, at Chicago, during the years 1864-65. He was on
duty in the State of Louisiana from January, 1866, to
April, 1869, as agent and acting commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau. While on this duty, he was com-
missioned as second lieutenant of the Forty-third In-
fantry July 28, 1866, and first lieutenant January 11,
1868. He was ordered on duty in the State of Iowa, as
agent of the Sac and Fox Indians, 1869-70. On the
15th of December, 1870, Lieutenant Garretty was trans-
ferred to the Seventeenth Infantry, and was on dutv

with his regiment in Dakota, from 1871 to 1886, partici-
pating with his company on the Stanley expedition in
1872, and also on the Custer campaign of 1876.

Lieutenant Garretty was promoted captain June 26,
1882, and moved with his regiment from Dakota to Fort
D. A. Russell, Wyoming, in 1886. He was on recruit-
ing duty at Chicago, Illinois, and St. Paul, Minnesota,
from 1886 to 1888, and with his company and regiment
during 1889-90, when he was again placed on recruiting
duty in October, 1890.

1 62

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

COLONEL AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE
W. GETTY, U.S.A. (retired).

Colonel and Bkevet Major-Genekal George W.
Getty was born in Georgetown, D. C, in 1819, and
was graduated at the Military Academy in the Class
oi 1840. Receiving his appointment as second lieu-
tenant (if the Fourth U. S. Artillery, he was assigned
to duty in the State of Michigan, and was engaged
during the fall and winter of 1840-41 in removing the
Pottawatomie tribe of Indians from that State to their
reservation west of the Mississippi River, and on the
Northern frontier during the Canada-border disturbances,
1841-42; served in the war with Mexico, 1847-48, and
was in the battles of Contreras, Churubusco, and Molino
del Rev; the storming of Chapultepec and assault and
capture of City of Mexico, and received the brevet of
captain for " gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles
of Contreras and Churubusco;" was afterwards engaged
in the Florida hostilities against the Seminole Indians,
1849-50 and 1856-57; on frontier duty, 1857-60, in
quelling disturbances in that State. Served during the
Rebellion, being engaged with Confederate batteries on
the Potomac River near Budd's Ferry, Maryland; Vir-
ginia Peninsula campaign; engaged in the siege of
Yorktown, battles of Gaines' Mill and Malvern Hill; in
the Maryland campaign, Army of the Potomac, being
engaged in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam,
and the march to Falmouth, Virginia: served in the
Rappahannock campaign, Army of the Potomac, being
engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia; in
the operations about Suffolk, Virginia, on the line of the
Nansemond River; in command of the Third Division
of the Ninth Army Corps during the defence of Suffolk,
April 1 I, May 3, 1863 ; in command of storming column
in the assault of Hill's Point Works and Battery, April

19, 1863 ; in the Richmond campaign, being engaged in
the battle of the Wilderness, where he was severely
wounded while in command of the division; in the siege
of Petersburg, and expedition to Reams' Station and
Weldon Railroad, 1864; in the defence of Washington
City, July 11-12, 1864, and in the pursuit of the army
under General Early to the Shenandoah Valley, July 13
to \ugust 9, 1864; in the Shenandoah campaign, being
engaged in the action of Charlestown, battles of Opequan,
Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek-; served in the siege of
Petersburg, being engaged in the assaults of March 25
and April 2, 1865, upon the enemy's works; in the
pursuit of the Army of Northern Virginia, being en-
gaged in the battle of Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, and
was at the capitulation of General R. E. Lee, with that
army. General Getty was appointed lieutenant-colonel
and aide-de-camp in September, 1861 ; brigadier-gen-
eral of volunteers September 25, 1862, in which latter
grade he served until mustered out of the volunteer ser-
vice October 9, 1866. He passed through the various
grades in the regular service from lieutenant to major,
and was made colonel of the Thirty-seventh U. S. In-
fantry July 28, 1866, and afterwards transferred to the
Third Infantry, subsequently to the Third Artillery, and
finally to the Fourth Artillery, from which he was retired
for age October 2, 1883. General Getty was, for gallant
and meritorious services, made brevet lieutenant-colonel
during the siege of Suffolk; colonel, for battle of the
Wilderness ; brigadier-general, for capture of Petersburg ;
major-general, for services during the war ; major-general
of volunteers, for Winchester and Fisher's Hill, Virginia.
The petition of General Getty to Congress to be retired
on the grade of major-general received the following
complimentary indorsement :

" Head-quarters of the Army, Washington, D. C,
January 26, 1883. — . . . George Getty as a boy and man,
through a long, eventful life, has been a model gentleman
and soldier, of unexceptional habits, of superior intelli-
gence, and high professional acquirements. lie has al-
ways been selected in war and peace for high and
responsible commands. Modest to a fault, he has never
pushed himself forward into undue prominence, but has
done well all that he was appointed to do, and has always
been sought for by his services for posts requiring high
qualification and professional excellence. ... I most re-
spectfully represent that the principle of common justice
seems to demand that General Getty should, during his
lew remaining years, have, for the support of himself and
of his dependent family, the retired pay of a major-gen-
eral. Even this will fall far short of compensation for the
labor and responsibility imposed on him by superior au-
thority in exacting from him the work of a major-general
on the pay of a colonel.

(Signed) "W. T. Sherman, General."

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

163

REAR-ADMIRAL BANCROFT GHERARDI, U.S.N.

Rear-Admiral Bancroft Gherardi is now the
senior officer on the active list of the U. S. Navy, and is
credited in the official register with nearly twenty-five
years of sea-service, while his " shore duty" has comprised
almost every variety of employment which can fall to the
lot of a naval officer. He is the nephew of the eminent
historian, George Bancroft, who was the Secretary of the
Navy to whom the U. S. Naval Academy is indebted for
its existence more than to any other one person ; and who
was for so many years, our excellent Minister at the Court
of Berlin.

Admiral Gherardi was born in Louisiana November
IO, 1832, but was appointed from Massachusetts in June,
1 846. He made a cruise of nearly f< mr years in the line-
of-battle ship " Ohio" during the Mexican War, and after-
wards. He then served in the " Saranac," of the Home
Squadron, and, after a course at the U. S. Naval Academy,
became passed midshipman in 1852 ; after a cruise in the
Mediterranean, he was promoted master in 1 S 5 5 ; and
lieutenant in the same year. He next served in the
" Saratoga," Home Squadron; the Boston rendezvous;
and the steam-sloop " Lancaster," in the Pacific. He
was commissioned lieutenant-commander July, 1862;
and attached to the South Atlantic Blockading Squad-
ron. In an engagement with Fort Macon, 1862 ; steam-
sloop " Mohican ;" on special service in 1S63. He was
then ordered to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, in
which he commanded the " Chocura" and the " Port
Royal ;" he took part in the battle of Mobile Bay, August
5, 1864, in the latter vessel. He next commanded the
" Pequot," in the North Atlantic Squadron, until the close
of the war.

He was commissioned as commander July 25, 1866,
and was stationed at Philadelphia at the naval ren-
dezvous and the navy-yard until 1870. He then took

command of the "Jamestown," in the Pacific, and of the
receiving-ship " Independence" at Mare Island, after leav-
ing the "Jamestown."

He was commissioned as captain in November, 1874,
and commanded the flag-ship " Pensacola," of the North
Pacific Station, for two years. From 1877 to 1880 he
was in command of the receiving-ship " Colorado."
After this he was for three years in command of the
" Lancaster," flag-ship of the European Squadron. When
the " Lancaster" came home he obtained a year's leave
to travel in Europe, and during that time he received
his promotion as commodore. In 1884-85 he was a
member of the Examining Board, and in 1885-86 was
governor of the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia. His
promotion as rear-admiral dates from August, 1887,
when he was ordered to the command of the navy-yard
at New York. In 1889 he was ordered to the command
of the North Atlantic Station, which he retains at this
writing.

164

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND XAVY (regular)

BRIGADIER- AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN
GIBBON, U.S.A. (retired).

Brigadier- and Brevet Major-General John Gib-
bon was born in Pennsylvania April 20, 1827, and grad-
uated from the Military Academy July 1, [847. He-
was promoted brevet second lieutenant, Third Artillery,
the same day, and second lieutenant, Fourth Artillery,
September 13, 1847. He served in the war with Mexico,
at the City of Mexico and Toluca, in 1 847, and in garrison
at Fort Monroe in 1848. Hewas then ordered to Florida,
and participated in the hostilities against the Seminole
Indians until 1S50, when hewas promoted first lieutenant
and ordered to Texas, serving at Fort Brown and Ring-
gold Barracks until 1S52. After availing himself of a
leave of absence, hewas employed in removing the Semi-
nole Indians from Florida to the west of the Mississippi
from May to August, 1S54, upon the conclusion of which
he was detailed at the Military Academy as assistant
instructor ol artillery, as quartermaster, and as a member
of a board to test breech-loading rifles to 1857.

He was promoted captain November 2, 1859, and was
on sick-leave of absence in 1859-60. In 1860-61 lie was
on frontier dutyin Utah, and marched from Fort Critten-
den, Utah, to fort Leavenworth, Kansas, at the breaking
out of the war of the Rebellion.

Captain Gibbon served as chief of artillery of General
McDowell's division in the fall and winter of 1861-62,
and was appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers May
2, 1862, and assigned to the command of a brigade in
the Department of the Rappahannock. He took part in
all the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, and was

engaged in the action of Gainesville, battles of second
Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg
(wounded), Marye Heights, and Gettysburg, where he
was severely wounded while commanding the Second
Army Corps.

He was then on leave of absence, on account of wounds,
to November 15, 1S63, when he was placed in command
of the draft depot at Cleveland, Ohio, for a short time,
but subsequently transferred to Philadelphia, where he
remained until March 21, 1864.

Upon rejoining for duty in the field. General Gibbon
was assigned to the command of a division in the Second
Army Corps, and participated in the Richmond campaign
of 1864, being engaged in the battles of the Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, North Anna, Tolopotomy, Cold Harbor, and
the siege of Petersburg. He was appointed major-general
of volunteers June 7, 1864, and was assigned to the com-
mand of the Twenty-fourth Army Corps (Army of the
James 1, and while in command of that corps participated
in the campaign of 1865, and was engaged in the assaults
on the enemy's works April 1 and 2, and the pursuit of
the enemy, terminating in the surrender of Lee's army at
Appomattox Court-House April 9, 1865, he being one
of the commissioners to can'}- into effect the stipulations
for the surrender.

He was brevetted for gallant and meritorious services
as follows: Major, September 17, 1862, for Antietam;
lieutenant-colonel, December 13, 1S62, for Fredericks-
burg; colonel, July 4, 1863, for Gettysburg; brigadier-
general, March 13, [865, for Spottsylvania; major-general,
same date, for capture of Petersburg.

After being on various duties until January 15, [866,
General Gibbon was mustered out of the volunteer ser-
\ ice, and was a member of the board to make recom-
mendations for brevet promotions. He was appointed
colonel of the Thirty-sixth Infantry July 28, 1866, and
served with his regiment on the frontiers at various posts
in the West and Northwest. He was, in the consoli-
dation of regiments, transferred to the Seventh Infantry
March 15, 1869,3111! participated with his regiment in
the expedition against hostile Sioux Indians in 1S76, and
was also engaged with the Nez Perces Indians in 1877.
Wounded at battle of Big Hole, Montana Territory,
August 9, 1877.

General Gibbon was appointed brigadier-general U. S.
Arm)- Jul)' 10, 1885, and was assigned to the command
of the Department of the Columbia, but in 18S9 was
placed in command of the Military Division of the Pacific,
which command he retained until retired, by operation
of law, April 20, 1 89 1.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

165

MEDICAL DIRECTOR ALBERT LEARY GIHON, U.S.N.

Medical Director Albert Leary Gihon was born
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1833; re-
ceived degrees of A. B. 1850, M.D. 1852, and A.M. 1854;
was Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology in the Phila-
delphia College of Medicine and Surgery, 1853-54.

Entered navy as assistant surgeon May i, 1855 ; first
duty on board receiving-ship " Union," navy-yard, Phila-
delphia ; attached to sloop-of-war " Levant," East India
Station, 1855-58 ; was in the sloop-of-war " Portsmouth's"
gig, November 15, 1856, when fired upon by the Chinese
while attempting to pass the Barrier Forts on the Pearl
River, near Canton, and participated as one of the landing
party, in the subsequent engagements, which resulted
in the capture of these forts, November 16, 20, 21, and
22, 1856; attached to brig "Dolphin," 1858-59, dining
Paraguay Expedition ; and to sloop-of-war " Preble,"
1859, on the coast of Central America and Panama.

Became passed assistant surgeon May 1, i860; Naval
Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, 1860-61 ; brig " Perry,"
1 86 1, on the blockade of Fernandina, Florida, and
cruising off the Atlantic coast of the Southern States,
capturing the rebel privateer "Savannah," the first Con-
federate letter-of-marque, May 1, 1861.

Promoted to surgeon, August 1, 1861 ; naval rendez-
vous, New York ; sloop-of-war " St. Louis," 1862-65, on
special service upon European Station and cruising
among the Atlantic Islands after Confederate steamers
" Alabama," " Florida," ami " Georgia"; and in latter part
of 1S64 on blockade of coast of South Carolina; senior
medical officer, navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
1865-68;

He was attached to United States ship " Idaho," 1868-
70, anchored at Nagasaki, Japan, as hospital-ship for the
Asiatic Station, and was on board during the memorable
typhoon of September 21, 1869, when ship was wrecked
by passing through centre of a cyclone, with barometer
at 27.62 in. ; for services rendered Portuguese colony at
Dilly, Island of Timor, and the Portuguese men-of-war
" Principe Dom Carlos" and " Sa da Bandeira," received
from the King of Portugal, with the consent of Congress,
the decoration of Knight of the Military Order of Christ ;
for services to H. B. M. ships " Flint" and " Dawn," the
thanks of the British government ; and for similar services
to the French gun-boat " Scorpion" those of the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the French East India Station ; special
duty at New York, 1870; subsequently marine rendez-
vous, Phila. ; and later member of Naval Medical Board
of Examiners at Phila., 1870-72, and at Washington,

I872-73-

Promoted to medical inspector November 7, 1872;
special duty at Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy
Department, 1873, and same year ordered to flag-ship
" Wabash" as surgeon-of-the-fleet on the European

Station ; at Key West, Florida, with naval expedition of
[874, and returned to European Station as surgcon-of-
the-fleet, on board the flag-ship "Franklin," 1874-75;
head of medical department at Naval Academy, Annap-
olis, Maryland, 1875-80; at request of chief of Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery designed and superintended
construction of model of hospital-ship for Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1867, and at same Exhibition
presented "Ambulance Cot," bearing his name, which
was approved by Board of Officers, Jul}' 5, 1877, and
adopted for use in the navy; appointed Inspector of Re-
cruits and Recruiting Stations, November 20, 187S.

Commissioned medical director August 20, 1879; in
charge of Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., 1880; member
of Board of Inspection of the Navy, 1880-83 ; in charge
of the Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C, 1883-86; of
Naval Hospital, Mare Island, California, 1886-88; and
of Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, 1888-92.

Has represented the Medical Department of the Navy
since 1876 to the present time in the prominent national
medical, sanitary, and climatological associations and in-
ternational medical congresses, and been honored by
election to their highest offices ; is member of various
American and foreign historical and scientific societies,
fellow and ex-president of the American Academy of
Medicine, and member of the military order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States.

He is the author of numerous papers and addresses
on Naval Hygiene, Public Health, Sanitary Reform,
State Medicine, Higher Medical Education, Vital Statis-
tics, Medical Demography, and Climatology; contri-
butor to literary magazines and other periodicals, and of
articles on medical and surgical subjects to professional
journals and other publications; and since 1887 one of
the editors of the "Annual of the Universal Medical
Sciences."

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND XAVY IREGUlab)

CAPTAIN ERASMUS C. GILBREATH, U.S.A.

Captain Erasmus C. Gilbreath (Eleventh Infantry)
was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 13, 1840, and
entered the volunteer service as first lieutenant of tin
Twentieth Indiana Infantry July 22, 1861. Hewas pro-
moted captain December 7, 1862, and major of the same
regiment July 27, 1863. He served in the First Brigade,
First Division of the Third Army Corps, from June 8,
1862, to the breaking up of the Third Corps in March,
1 Si 14, participating in the campaigns of that corps with
the Army of the Potomac, and engaged in the action at
Chickamicomico, near Fort Hatteras, the " Merrimac"
fight with the " Congress" and " Cumberland," action at
1 >ak Grove, Virginia, Seven Days' Battles, skirmish at
Rappahannock Station, battles of second Bull Run,
Chantilly, Fredericksburg (where he was wounded),
Chancellorsville (slightly wounded), Gettysburg, Kelly's
Ford, Mine Run (especially Locust Grove), the Wil-
derness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, siege of Peters-
burg,— including all the movements and operations of
the Third Division Second Army Corps, from March to
1 ii tober, 1864.

Honorably mustered out of the Twentieth Indiana In-
fantry < >ctober 19, 1864, and was appointed captain and
assistant quartermaster of volunteers January 23, 1865,
from which position he was mustered out July 28, 180;,
and appointed lieutenant-colonel in Hancock's Corps, on
the approval of Major-General Hancock, February 14,
1865. He 1 ommanded the Twentieth Indiana during the
battle of Gettysburg, from the time of the death of Colonel
Wheeler, at the beginning of the action, to the 1 lose of
the fighting on the 2d ; Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor having
been wounded, acted as major from the 4th of fuly, 1863,
when commissioned, though not formally mustered into
service as major until July 2;, [863. He commanded

the Seventeenth Maine Infantry, by order of Major-Gen-
eral D. B. Birney, from June 17 to about June 30, 1864,
and was in command of that regiment in the charge
on the Confederate lines in front of Petersburg, June 17,
1864, and again in the charge at the Hare House, June
18, 1864.

Captain Gilbreath entered the regular service as first
lieutenant of the P'ifteenth Infantry February 23, 1866,
was transferred to the Twenty-fourth Infantry September
j 1, [866, ami again transferred to the Eleventh Infantry
April 25, 1869.

He was assigned to various complicated duties in
connection with the reconstruction of the States of Mis-
sissippi and Texas ; in Mississippi, sub-commissioner
of Freedmen's Bureau in charge of that district, having
charge of the counties now called Copiah, Simpson,
Lincoln, Lawrence, Amite, Pike, and Marion, — eighteen
thousand freedmen living in the district. He had charge
of the registration and election in the counties named in
October, 1867 (see testimony of Brevet Major-General
A. C. Gillem, U.S.A., before the Committee on the Con-
duct of the War, given in 1 868 in relation thereto). In
Texas he had charge of the reconstruction and reor-
ganization of Montgomery County from September,
1 868, to May, 1869, promoted captain of Company 11,
Eleventh Inf. December 23, 1873. He was in command of
Company II, Eleventh Infantry, in the campaign against
hostile Comanche Indians, from November 8, 1874, to
January 20, 1875, when he was compelled to go on sick
report on account of wound received at Fredericksburg,
Virginia, December [3, 1862, and on sick-leave of absence
from same cause from May 17, 1875, to March 27, 1876.
Hewas in command of c< impanyin the movement October
22, 1870, at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory, the result
of which movement was the disarming of the Blackfeet
and Yankton Indians at that Agency. He selected the
site for and established the depot at Terry's Landing,
Montana Territory, at the head of navigation on the
Yellowstone River. He took the field with his company
against hostile Bannock Indians from August 31 to Sep-
tember 13, 1 878, and was then in charge of the construc-
tion of the military telegraph line from Fort Custer,
Montana Territory, to the Yellowstone River — 48 miles
— from December 3 to 16, 1S78. He was appointed in-
spector ol Indian Supplies at the Crow Agency, Montana
Territory, from September 5, 1 879, to July 2S, 1880.
While inspector of Indian Supplies at the Crow Agency,
Montana Territory, he assisted the agent for the three
thousand three hundred Crow Indians in negotiating a
treaty by which they gave up and sold two million acres
of land at the west end of their reservation, and he signed
this treaty in his official capacity.

Captain Gilbreath i- a member of the G. A. R., Loyal
Legion, and the Second and Third Corps societies.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

167

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AND BREVET BRIGADIER-
GENERAL GEORGE W. GILE, U.S.A. (retired).

Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-Gen-

eral George W. Gile was born in Bethlehem, N. H.,
January 2?, 1830. His record of service was furnished
by Adjutant-General R. C. Drum to a committee of
Congress in 1884, and is given herewith :

"He entered the service April 23, 1861, as first lieu-
tenant Twenty-second Penn. Inf., and served to August 7,
1 86 1 , upon which date he was honorably mustered out,
his term of service having expired.

"He re-entered the service Sept. 16, 1861, as major
Eighty-eighth Penn. Inf., and was promoted lieutenant-
colonel Sept. I, 1862, and colonel Jan. 24, [863.

" He served with his regiment in the defences of Wash-
ington, the Arm}' of Virginia, and the Army of the
Potomac, from Oct. I, 1 86 1, to Sept. 17, 1862, upon whii li
date he was wounded in the battle of Antietam, while in
command of his regiment; was absent by reason of
wound until honorably discharged on account of dis-
ability, March 2, 1S63. Was appointed major in the
Veteran Reserve Corps May 22, 1863, and colonel Sept.
29, 1863.

" He served as a member of a Board of Examiners
for the Veteran Reserve Corps to some time in Novem-
ber, 1863 ; commanded a brigade engaged in the defences
of Washington July 10 to 13, 1864, and for energy and
good conduct in assisting to repel the attack on Fort
Slocum, D. C, he was brevetted brigadier-general ; com-
manded the garrison of Washington to September, 1865 ;
on duty in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Aban-
doned Lands in S. C. to Jan, 4, 1S67; upon which date
he was honorably mustered out of the volunteer ser-
vice.

" He was appointed first lieutenant Forty-fifth U. S. Inf.
to date from July 28, 1866, and promoted captain Feb.
4, 1868.

" He received the brevets of captain 'for gallant and
meritorious services in the second battle of Bull Run;'
major ' for gallant and meritorious services at the battle
of South Mountain, Maryland ;' and lieutenant-colonel
' for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of
Antietam.

" He served in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen,
and Abandoned Lands in S. C. from Jan. 5, 1867, to Oct.
10, 1868; and in Florida with brevet rank to July 15,
1870; on duty at head-quarters Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, until he
was retired from active service, with the full rank of
colonel, Dec. 15,1 870, for disability resulting from wounds
received in line of duty, under section 32 of the act of
Congress approved July 20, 1S66, which authorized re-
tirement in such cases with the full rank of the command

held by the officer when the disabling wounds were re-
ceived ; retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, the
actual rank in the volunteer service held by him when
wounded, March 3, 1875, under the provisions of an
act of Congress approved that date."

Incidental to his field service he participated with his
regiment in the battles of Cedar Mountain, three days at
Rappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap, Bull Run,
second Chantilly, South Mountain, and Antietam. Was
in command from and during the battle of Bull Run to
Antietam.

At the second battle of Bull Run, Major Gile com-
manded the Eighty-eighth Penn. Vol. This regiment
was one of the four comprising Tower's brigade, and of
the conduct of that brigade, General Pope, in his official
report, speaks as follows :

" Tower's brigade, of Ricketts's division, was pushed
forward into action into support of Reynolds's division,
led forward in person by General Tower with conspicu-
ous skill and gallantry.

" The conduct of that brigade in plain view of all the
forces on our left was especially distinguished, and drew
forth heart)- and enthusiastic cheers. The example
of that brigade was of great service and infused new
spirit into all the troops who witnessed their intrepid
conduct."

He was stationed in the city of Washington from
November, 1863, to close of war; during this time he
commanded a regiment, brigade, and the garrison of
Washington, which consisted of two brigades of infantry,
a battery of artillery, and a detachment of cavalry.

He commanded President Lincoln's second inaugural
and funeral escort. Was general officer of the day on
the occasion of the final review of the armies at the close
of the war.

[68

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

COLONEL AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL QJJINCY
A. GILLMORE, U.S.A. (deceased).

Colonel and Brevet Major-General Quincy A.
Gillmore was burn in Ohio and graduated from the
U. S. Military Academy July i, [849. He was pro-
moted brevet second lieutenant Corps of Engineers
the same day; second lieutenant September 5, 1853;
in t lieutenant July 1, 1S56, and captain August 6, 1861.
lie served on engineer duty in constructing Forts Mon-
roe and Calhoun in 1849-52 ; was at West Point attached
to company of sappers, miners, and pontoniers, from
185 2 to 1856; was instructor of practical military engi-
neering at West Point to September 15; treasurer to
September \ 1 , and quartermaster to September 15, 1856.
He was then employed as assistant engineer in the con-
struction <>l Fort Monroe, in charge of the engineer
agency al New York for supplying ami shipping ma-
terials for fortifications to 1861.

He served during the war of the Rebellion as chief en-
gineer of the Port Royal Expeditionary Corps, 1 86 1-62,
being present at the descent upon Hilton Head, South
Carolina, November 6, 1861, and engaged in the con-
struction of fortifications on that island to [anuary, 1862;
then as chief engineer of the siege of Fort Pulaski, and
in command during its bombardment and capture, April
IO-II, 1862, being one of the commissioners to arrange
the terms of capitulation.

He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers
April 28, 1862, and was on sick-leave of ab enc< from
May to July of that year. He assisted the Governor of
New York in forwarding State troops until September
[2, 1862, when he was assigned to the command of a
division operating from Covington, Kentucky; of I >is-
trict of Wist Virginia; of First Division, Army of Ken-
tucky; of District of Central Kentucky, and of the United
States forces at the battle of Somerset, Kentucky, from

September 18, 1862, to March 30, 1863. He was ap-
pointed major-general of volunteers July 10, 1863.

After a short leave of absence, he was placed in com-
mand of the Department of the South and of the Tenth
Army Corps, from June 12, [863, to June 17, 1864, being
engaged in command of the operations against Charles-
ton, South Carolina, comprising the descent upon
Morris Island; bombardment and reduction of Fort
Sumter; and siege and capitulation of Fort Wagner.
He was then in command of the Tenth Army Corps in
the operations on James River, near Bermuda Hundred,
and engaged in actions of Swift Creek, near Chester
Station ; assault and capture of the right of the enemy's
intrenchments in front of Dairy's Bluff; battle of Drury's
Bluff; defence of Bermuda Hundred; reconnoissance of
the enemy's lines before Petersburg, and in command
of two divisions of the Nineteenth Corps in defence of
Washington, D. C, July 1 1, 1864, and in pursuit of the
rebels under General Early until July 14, 1864, when he
was severely injured by the fall of his horse, and was
granted sick-leave of absence to August 21, 1864.

In October and November, 1S64, General Gillmore was
president of a board for testing Ames's wrought-iron
cannon ; and then on a tour of inspection of fortifications
from Cairo, Illinois, to Pensacola, Florida, to January
30, 1865, at which time he was assigned to the command
of the Department of the South, retaining that until the
following November. He was brevetted for gallant and
meritorious services, lieutenant-colonel April 11, 1862, in
the capture of Fort Pulaski, Georgia; colonel March 30,
1863, at the battle of Somerset, Kentucky; brigadier-
general March 13, 1865, in the capture of Fort Wagner,
South Carolina ; and major-general in the assault on
Morris Island, South Carolina, and the bombardment and
demolition of Fort Sumter. He resigned his volunteer
commission December 5, 1865. He was promoted major
of engineers June i, 1863 ; lieutenant-colonel January 13,
1874 ; and colonel February 20, 1883 ; and was employed
after the war closed as assistant to the chief engineer of
the Third Division, Engineer Bureau at Washington City,
D. C, to November 8, 1 866 ; as member of a special board
to conduct experiments in connection with the use of
iron in the construction of permanent fortifications, and
member of other boards; and was superintending en-
gineer of the fortifications on Staten Island, New York,
and engaged on other important engineer duty until he
died at Brooklyn, New York, April 7, 1888. General
Gillmore had the degree of Master of Arts conferred by
Oberlin College, Ohii >, 1 836, I [e was the author of a work
on the "Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, in
1862;" of a "Practical Treatise on Limes, Hydraulic
Cements, and Mortars," 1863; and of "Engineer and
Artillery Operations against the Defences of Charleston
in 1863."

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

169

REAR-ADMIRAL LEWIS M. GOLDSBOROUGH, U.S.N.
(deceased).

Rear-Admiral Lewis M. Goldsborough was born
in the city of Washington, in February, 1805. As was
sometimes done in those days, lie was appointed a
midshipman when a mere child, — J Line 18, 18 12. Of
course, he went to school for some time after, but,
by January, 1S25, he attained the rank of lieutenant.
He was attached to the schooner " Porpoise," of the
Mediterranean Squadron, 1827-29. In 1827, while first
lieutenant of the " Porpoise," took command of four
boats, with thirty-five men and officers, and retook an
English brig, the " Comet," which was in possession of
two hundred Greek pirates. It was a desperate affair,
but successful. There were three killed of the pirates
to one killed of the boarding-part}-. The ward-room
steward of the " Porpoise," a mulatto of herculean
strength, a volunteer, killed eleven of the pirates with
his own hand. Lieutenant John A. Carr, U.S.N., long
since dead, killed the chief of the pirates, as well as
several of his band. At that time no merchant vessel,
unprotected by convoy, could go up the Greek Archi-
pelago; and the pirates once succeeded in capturing
an Austrian man-of-war brig. The action of Golds-
borough and his little party had a most salutary effect,
and they received thanks from several of the Mediter-
ranean powers. After this Lieutenant Goldsborough
made a full cruise in the frigate " United States" in the
Pacific. He was commissioned commander in Sep-
tember, 1841; executive-officer of the "Ohio," 74, at
the siege of Vera Cruz; commanded three hundred
officers and men of the " Ohio" at the capture of Tuxpan ;
commanded the " Levant," in the Mediterranean, 1852-53.
He was superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annap-
olis— having been commissioned captain in 1855 — from
1854 to 1857. He commanded the flag-ship " Congress,"
of the Brazil Squadron, [859-61. During the joint ex-
pedition to the North Carolina waters, in 1862, Flag-
Officer Goldsborough commanded the naval force, —
being present for duty far in advance of the army. He-
had seventeen light-draught vessels, which fought the
battle of Roanoke Island, against the forts, the troops,
and the flotilla, with defences, stationed there. On Feb-
ruary 5, 1862, three columns, under the immediate com-
mand of Commodore Rowan, — afterwards vice-admiral, —
formed for action. On the morning of the 7th the enemy's

vessels, eight in number, were found behind an extensive
row of piles and sunken vessels, extending clear across
the Sound. The engagement began at 10.30 a.m., and at
4 P.M. the batteries on the island were silenced enough to
permit the landing of troops. By midnight over ten
thousand troops had disembarked. On the following
morning the army did the fighting, and in the afternoon
the navy opened a passage through the obstructions, suc-
cessfully accomplished by dark. On the 10th the remains
of the rebel fleet were captured in the Pasquotank River
by Commodore Rowan. On March 14, 1862, the town of
New Berne, North Carolina, was occupied by a detach-
ment of Flag-Officer Goldsborough's squadron. ( )n
May 10, 1862, Goldsborough engaged and silenced the
batteries at Sewell's Point, opposite Fortress Monroe,
and passed up to Norfolk, which had been evacuated by
the rebels. He was commissioned as rear-admiral in
July, 1862. At the close of the war he was ordered to
command the European Station. He returned home in
1868, and from that time to the date of his death, in
February, 1877, was on special duty at Washington.

Rear-Admiral Goldsborough was a man far beyond
the usual size, and of a striking appearance in every way.
He was a student all his life, and, in addition to his pro-
ficiency in professional matters, he was a fairly-good
lawyer and an accomplished linguist. He wrote very
well, and some of his letters were quite models of com-
position. He married a daughter of the celebrated William
Wirt, and had two children, a son and a daughter, both
of whom he survived.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

MAJOR GRHEN CLAY GOODLOE. U.S.M.C.

Major Green Clay Goodloe, paymaster of the
United States Marine Corps, was born at Castle Union,
Madison County, Kentucky, January 31, 1S45, on the
plantation of his grandfather, Colonel J. Speed Smith, son
of General 1). S. Goodloe and Sally Clay Smith. Edu-
- ated in the classics and law at Transylvania University,
Lexington, Kentucky. Belongs to a family which has
maintained a leading place in Kentucky for generations,
by the distinction achieved by its members in civil and
military positions. His ancestors were officers in the
patriotic army of the Revolution. His great-grand-
father, Green Clay, served in the wars of the Revolution
and 181 2. A noted achievement was marching a force to
the relief of General W. H. Harrison, besieged by a supe-
rior force of British and Indians, at Fort Meigs, on the
Maumee. General Harrison placed him in command of
three thousand men. His grandfather, Colonel John
Speed Smith, was aid to General W. II. Harrison in
the war of 1 812 ; Speaker of Kentucky House of Repre-
sentatives, and member of Congress. An uncle is the
veteran General Cassius M. Clay, captain in the Mexican
War; wounded and taken prisoner; pioneer in abolishing
slavery; a major-general in the army of the United
States; minister to Russia. Another uncle is Major-
General Green Clay Smith, United States Volunteers,
shot in the knee in cavalry charge at 1 .ebanon, Tennessee ;
veteran of Mexican War; lieutenant; member of Con-
gress ; governor. When the war became imminent, his
family threw their powerful influence on the side of the
Union, and no one thing did more to hold the State,
which wavered, true to her allegiance. Major Goodloe,
then a boy of sixteen, actuated by the soldiery traditions
of lus family, was then a member of the Lexington
Chasseurs, which was loyal to the flag. Major Goodloe

was a marker in the company, and carried the United
States flag the last time it appeared in a parade of the
Old Kentucky State Guard. He was ordered by Colonel
R. W. Hanson, the colonel in command, to take it to the
armon-, and this precipitated the dissension which drew
a sharp line between the Union and secession portion
of the Guard, and broke it up. Major Goodloe, with the
rest of his family, became active on the side of the Union,
and he, with one other and a brother, were the first to
arrive, armed with muskets, at depot, in Lexington, when
it seemed inevitable that a fight must be made to secure
for the troops the arms which had been sent them by the
government. He joined the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry
Regiment, which he reached at Wartrace, Tennessee, as it
stood in line of battle to receive the attack of the enemy.
He was in ten cavalry battles and skirmishes during his
service. For his gallant conduct at the battle of Lebanon,
Tennessee, General Dumont recommended his promotion,
while still on the held, to first lieutenant. When pro-
moted he was assigned to Company I, Twenty-third
Kentucky Infantry, and detailed as aide-de-camp on the
staff of General Green Clay Smith, lie served in this
capacity on brigade and division staffs during the cam-
paign through Kentucky and Tennessee, participating
in many engagements. At the cavalry battle of Little
Harpeth, Forrest's men completely surrounded and cut
him off, but he broke through them. Johnson's report
says, " Lieutenant Clay Goodloe, of General Smith's
staff, in returning from delivering an order, found himself
surrounded by rebels, and had to run the gauntlet.
After emptying his holster pistols, he laid flat on his
horse, relying upon his spurs and his ' Lexington.' They
brought him safely home, but he has a bullet-hole
through his pants to remind him of the amiable inten-
tions of his Southern brethren respecting himself." In
the thorough rout of Morgan's cavalry command, on
May 4, 1862, at Lebanon, Tennessee, Surgeon Adams
reported, " Clay Goodloe kept in line with Colonel
Smith, and was grazed on the third joint[of the second
finger by a bullet. He attempted to hold poor Pierce-
field on his horse after he received his fatal shot. He
is a gallant and noble boy, yet beardless, but has the
courage of .1 veteran." Every official report contained
flattering mention of him.

In September, 1863, appointed cadet at West Point,
but resigned in 1865 ; commissioned second lieutenant,
United States Marine Corps April 21, 1869; promoted
tirst lieutenant January 12, 1S76; and made paymaster
March 17, 1877. Married April 17, 1877, Miss Bettie
Reck, daughter of United States Senator James Burnie
Beck and Jane Washington Thornton. Mrs. Goodloe,
his wife, is a i;reat-great-great-riiece of General George-
Washington, being related on both sides of her mother
to the Father of our Country.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

171

LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER H. H. GORRINGE. U.S.N.
(deceased).

Lieutenant - Commander H. H. Gorringe was a

native of the West Indies, but was appointed a master's
mate in the U. S. naval service from the State of New
York on October 1, 1862. He was sent out to the Mis-
sissippi at once, and remained there during the whole of
the Civil War. Owing to his courage, seamanship, and
devotion to duty he obtained remarkable advancement.
Three of his promotions were for gallantry in battle.
He was made acting ensign in 1863, promoted to acting
master in 1864, and to acting volunteer lieutenant in
1865.

Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe took part in nearly
all the important battles of the Mississippi Squadron.
He was promoted to be acting volunteer lieutenant-
commander Jul)- 10, 1865.

In [867 he commanded the steamer " Memphis," of
the Atlantic Squadron, and on December 18, 1S68, he
was commissioned lieutenant-commander in the regular
navy. He was attached to the navy-yard at New York
during 1868, and then made a three years' cruise in the
sloop-of-war "Portsmouth," of the South Atlantic Squad-
ron, 1869-71. From 1872 to 1876 he was attached to
the hydrographic office at Washington, and then com-
manded the " Gettysburg" (fourth rate), on special service
in the Mediterranean, from 1S76 to 1879.

In 1880 he was upon leave of absence, and was employed
in conveying the Egyptian obelisk, now in Central Park-,
in New York, from Alexandria, Egypt, to its destination.

A steamer, called the " Dessoug," was purchased for this
purpose, and the ingenious and seaman-like manner in
which he placed the huge monolith securely in her hold,
and the safety with which he transported it, secured
general admiration and approval.

After this he was engaged in a ship-building operation
in Philadelphia, having been granted leave of absence for
that purpose. He died in 1883.

Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe suffered much from
a wound of the leg, received during the war, which never
closed. This, with malarial troubles due to his long and
continuous service in the Mississippi, no doubt hastened
his death.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OE WAR LEWIS A. GRANT.

Assistant Secretary of War Lewis A. Grant was
mustered into the service of the United States September
16, 1861, at St. Albans, Vermont, as major with the field
and staff, Fifth Vermont Infantry Volunteers, to serve for
three years ; was mustered in as lieutenant-colonel, same
regiment, to date September 25, [861 ; as colonel, same
regiment, to elate September 16, 1862. The regiment
was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and partici-
pated in the advance of that army in the spring of 1862.
During his service with the Fifth Vermont Infantry Vol-
unteers, that regiment took part in the following battles:
Yorktown, Virginia, April 4 and May 4, 1862; Williams-
burg, Virginia, May 5, [862; Golding's Farm, Virginia,
June 28, [862 ; Savage Station, Virginia, June 29, [862 ;
White Oak Swamp, Virginia, June 30, 1862 ; Crampton's
Gap, Maryland, September 14, 1862; Antietam, Mary-
land, September 17, 1862, and Fredericksburg, Virginia,
December 13-14, 1862.

He was honorably discharged as colonel to date May
20, 1864, to enable him to accept an appointment as
brigadier-general of volunteers, lie was appointed brig-
adier-general U. S. Volunteers April 27, [864; accepted
appi lintment May 2 1 , 1864.

He commanded the Second Brigade, Second Division,
Sixth Army Corps, from February 21, 1863, to Decern
ber 29, 1863; from February 2, 1S64, to September 29,
1S64, and from October 8, 1864, to December 2, 1864;

the Second Division, Sixth Corps, from December 2,
[864, to February 11, 1 865 , the Second Brigade, same
division, from February 11, 1865, to February 20, 1865,
and from March 7, 1865, to June 28, 1865.

The following is a list of the battles in which he par-
ticipated as a brigade or division commander : Freder-
icksburg and Salem Heights, Virginia, May 3 to 5, 1863 ;
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2 and 3, 1863; Fairfield,
Pennsylvania, July 5, 1863; Rappahannock Station, Vir-
ginia, November 8, 1863; Mine Run, Virginia, Novem-
ber 27, 1863; Wilderness, Virginia, May 5 to 7, 1864;
Spottsylvania Court-House, Virginia, May 8 to 21, 1S64;
Cold Harbor, Virginia, June I to 12, 1S64; siege of
Petersburg, Virginia, June 18 to July 10, 1864; Charles-
town, Virginia, August 21, 1864; Gilbert's Crossing,
Virginia, September 13, 1864; siege of Petersburg. Vir-
ginia, December, 1864, to April, 1865 ; assault on Peters-
burg, Virginia, April 2. 1865 ; Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1S65.

At the close of the war General Grant was hon-
ored with the commission of brevet major-general U. S.
Volunteers, to date from October 19, 1864, "for gallant
and meritorious services in the present campaign before
Richmond, Virginia, and in the Shenandoah Valley;"
ami was honorably discharged the service .August 24,
1805, Under the provisions of the act of Congress ap-
proved June 3, 1884, and the acts amendatory thereof, he
is considered as commissioned to the grade of major
Fifth Vermont Volunteers, to take effect from September
7, 1 861, to fill an original vacancy.

He was recommended August 22, 1866, by General
U. S. Grant, commanding the army of the United States,
for appointment as a field-officer in the regular army ;
was appointed August 29, 1866, lieutenant-colonel Thirty-
sixth Regiment U. S. Infantry, to date from July 28, 1866,
and declined the appointment November 6, 1S66.

General Grant's field services were with or in command
of the celebrated Vermont brigade whose fighting quali-
ties were so well known in the Army of the Potomac,
and whose soldierly dependence was of such character
that it was transferred, with the regular division of the
Army of the Potomac, in August, 1863, to New York-
City, to assist in quelling the riots occasioned there by
the draft for men. As soon as this duty was completed,
the troops were, in the fall of the same year, retransferred
to the field with the Army of the Potomac.

General Grant was appointed Assistant Secretary of
War in I S90, which office he now holds.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

173

GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT, U.S.A. (deceased).

General Ulysses S. Grant was born at Point Pleas-
ant, Clermont County, Ohio, April 27, 1 822, and graduated
at the Military Academy July I, 1843. He was promoted
brevet second lieutenant of the Fourth Infantry the same
day, and second lieutenant Fourth Infantry September 30,
1845. He served first at Jefferson Barracks, and then
on frontier duty at Natchitoches (Camp Salubrity) in
1844-45, and then took part in the military occupation
of Texas and the war with Mexico, being engaged in the
battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, siege
of Vera Cruz, battle of Cerro Gordo, capture of San
Antonio, battle of Churubusco, battle of Molino del Rey,
storming of Chapultepec, and assault and capture of the
City of Mexico. He was regimental quartermaster of
the Fourth Infantry from April 1, 1847, to Jul)- 23,
1848, and again from September n, 1849, to September
30, 1853.

He moved with his regiment to the Pacific coast in
1852, and was at several different stations. He was pro-
moted captain August 5, 1853, but resigned Jul)' 31,

1854

Upon leaving the army Captain Grant retired to private
life, and engaged in farming near St. Louis, Missouri.
Then he became a real estate agent at St. Louis until
i860, and subsequently a merchant at Galena, Ohio,
where he resided at the breaking out of the war of the
Rebellion.

Entering the volunteer service he was in command
of a company in April and May, and assisting in organ-
izing and mustering volunteers into service until June
17, 1 861, when he was appointed colonel of the Twenty-
first Illinois Infantry. His first active service was to
march on Quincy, Illinois, and then guarding the Han-
nibal and St. Joe Railroad. He was placed in com-
mand, first at Ironton, then at Jefferson City, and finally
of the District of Southwestern Missouri, with head-
quarters at Cape Girardeau. This command was subse-
quently extended to embrace Southern Illinois and
Western Kentucky. He had, in the mean time, been
appointed brigadier-general of volunteers May 17,
1 861.

General Grant commenced his operations by first
seizing Paducah, Kentucky ; then Belmont, and then
invested and captured Fort Donelson, with fourteen
thousand six hundred and twenty-three prisoners, and
much material of war. This being the first real Union
success of the war placed General Grant before the people
of the country at large as a rising soldier ; but many old
officers who had known him in the regular service
doubted his ability, and attributed his success on this
occasion to " luck." He was, however, duly recognized,
and the appointment of major-general of volunteers was
conferred upon him, to date from February 16, 1862.

It would be impossible, in this limited sketch, to
enumerate the campaigns, battles, and actions in which
this illustrious general participated. He followed up his
movements to Shiloh, then was placed in command of
the District of West Tennessee, and was in immediate
command of the right wing of General Halleck's army,
and directed the operations about Corinth, the Hatchie,
and Iuka. He was in command of the Army of the
Mississippi, in the Vicksburg campaign, in all its various
manoeuvres, until he again electrified the country by
the capture of the city of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, with
stores and garrison of thirty-one thousand five hundred
men. For this brilliant affair he was made major-general
of the U. S. Army.

General Grant was, on the 1 6th of October, 1863,
placed in command of the Military Division of the
Mississippi, including the Armies of the Ohio, Cum-
berland, and Tennessee, and continued his operations
up to the battle of Chattanooga, for which he received
the thanks of Congress December 17, 1863, and a gold
medal.

On March 17, 1864, he was placed in command as
general-in-chief of the armies of the United States, and
was called to the East to supervise the operations of the
Army of the Potomac, and commenced in the May fol-
lowing that celebrated campaign on the line which ter-
minated on the 9th of April, 1865, in the surrender of
the Army of Northern Virginia, under General Robert E.
Lee.

He was by act of Congress made general of the U. S.
Army July 25, 1866; but resigned this commission on
March 4, 1869, having been elected President of the
United States, and on that day was inaugurated as such.
After holding this office for eight years, General Grant
retired to private life, and died at Mt. McGregor, near
Saratoga, N.Y., July 23, 1885.

174

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

BRIGADIER-GENERAL ADOLPHUS W. GREELY,

U.S.A.

Brigadier-General Adolphus W. Greei.v (Chief
Signal-officer) was born in Massachusetts. He entered
the volunteer service in the early part of the war of the
Rebellion, as private of Company B, Nineteenth Massa-
chusetts Infantry, July 26, 1861. lie was afterwards
promoted corporal and first sergeant of the same corn-
pan)-, and served to March 18, 1863, in the field with the
Army of the Potomac, participating in the Peninsula
campaign, and was engaged at the siege of Yorktown,
action of West Point, battles of Fair Oaks, Peach Or-
chard, Savage Station, White < fak Swamp, where he was
wounded, and the battle "I Malvern Hill, Virginia, in
1862. He participated in the Maryland campaign, and
was engaged in the battle of Antietam, where he was
again wounded. Pie also participated in the Rappahan-
nock campaign, and was engaged at the battle of Fred-
ericksburg, Virginia, in 1862.

On the [8th of March, [863, he was appointed second
lieutenant of the Eighty-first United States Colored
Infantry, promoted first lieutenant April 26, 1864, and
captain April 4, 1S65. With this regiment Lieutenant
finely served in the field with the Army of the South-
west, and was engaged in the siege' of Port Hudson,

Louisiana. At the close of the war he was ordered on
recruiting duty, and was honorably mustered out of the
volunteer service March 22, 1S67, having been appointed
second lieutenant of the Thirty-sixth United States In-
fantry March 7, 1867. On the consolidation of regi-
ments, in 1 869, Lieutenant Greely was unassigned, but on
the 14th of July, of that year, he was assigned to the
Fifth Cavalry. He was brevetted major of volunteers
for faithful and meritorious services during the war.

After joining the Fifth Cavalry he was on frontier duty
in the West to 1 869 ; on staff duty at Omaha to 1871 ;
was assigned to duty in the office of the chief signal-
officer of the army, where he served until lune, 1881,
and was employed as a station inspector, as superintend-
ent of the construction of military telegraph lines in
Texas, and as a general assistant in the Washington
office.

He was promoted first lieutenant May 27, 1875, and
captain June 1 1, 1886.

He was assigned to the command of the Arctic expe-
dition of 1880, but the order was subsequently revoked,
because of an unfavorable report made by a board of
naval officers upon the vessel which had been selected
for the service. The Lady Franklin Bay expedition was
then organized during the spring and summer of 1881,
and in July he sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland,
in command, with the intention of remaining absent for
two years. The object of the expedition was to establish
a supply and meteorological station at Lady Franklin
Bay and make explorations northward from that place.
Lieutenant Greely was for six years a student of Arctic
explorations, and his experiences of twelve years in the
signal service in the army, particularly in compiling ob-
servations and forecasting the daily weather reports,
were such as to qualify him for the scientific part of the
work ; the results of his researches have added valuable
information to the subject of Arctic explorations, although
his expedition met with the misfortune of being ship-
wrecked, and the entire party reduced to a state of star-
vation before the remnants of it were discovered by a
naval expedition sent to their relief.

On the 3d of March, 1887, Captain Greely was ap-
pointed brigadier-general and chief signal-officer, and
since that time has been on duty at Washington, D. C.

WHO SERVED 1 TV THE CIVIL WAR.

'75

COMMANDER JAMES G. GRF.F.N, U.S.N.

Commander James G. Green was a native of Massa-
chusetts, and entered the navy as master's mate May 18,
1861. He served in the U.S. S. "Mississippi" until
November 27, 1862, — passing the forts at New Or-
leans.

He was promoted to acting ensign November 27, 1862,
and transferred to U. S. S. " Katahdin," and served in
that vessel on the blockade off Galveston until December,
1863.

He was ordered to U. S. S. " Wyalusing" in 1864, and
served in the sounds of North Carolina and in the fight
with the ram " Albemarle."

Promoted to acting master August 1 1, 1864, and was
ordered to command the torpedo tug " Belle," serving on
that vessel in the North Carolina sounds until the close
of the war, being present at the final capture of Plymouth.
Afterwards he was attached to the " New Hampshire,"
" Don," " Osceola," " Vermont," and " Constellation." "Huron," and, later, transferred them to the Naval

Having been transferred to the regular service, as ' Cemetery, Annapolis.
master, March 12, 1868, he served on the Asiatic Sta- He was attached to the " Palos," Asiatic Station, 1878
tion, in the "Aroostook" and " Ashuelot," from 1868 to to 1S81.
1 87 1. At the hydrographic office, Washington, D. C, from

On December 18, 1868, he was promoted to lieutenant, I 1SS1 to 1883.
and to lieutenant-commander July 3, 1870. He was on the "Galena" from 1883 to 1886; and

He was attached to the receiving-ship "Ohio" from promoted to commander March 6, 1887.
1871 to 1S73, and to the Asiatic Station from 1873 to , He commanded the " Alert" from 1888 to 1889, and
1876. the "Adams" in 1890.

While attached to the navy-yard at Norfolk he was He was light-house inspector, Sixth District, from 1890
sent to recover the dead washed ashore from the U. S. S. I to 1892.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

CAPTAIN GEORGE GORDON GREENOUGH. U.S.A.

Captain George Gordon Greenough (Fourth Artil-
lery) comes of one of the oldest Boston families, and is
descended from the ducal family of the Scottish clan
Gordon. In one line he descends from the English Co-
lonial Governor Treat, of Connecticut. His grand-uncle,
Major Samuel Treat, was killed at Fort Mifflin, in the
Revolutionary War. From his mother he is connected
with Judge Cushing, of the U. S. Supreme Court, and
with General Lincoln, of Revolutionary fame, and of the
Burrs, of Massachusetts, of which Aaron Burr was a
member.

Captain Greenough was born at Washington, D. C,
December 8, [844, and at eleven years old was placed at
a French school in Paris, where he received his early
education. In his sixteenth year he returned home and
entered the West Point .Military Academy June 1,
1 861.

During his furlough year he had a great desire to see
real active service with the army, which was strength-
ened by the invasion of the Confederates north of the
Potomac, and hastening to the front he was placed upon
the staff of Major-General W. H. French, commanding
the Third Army Corps, in the extreme advance, and was
sent forward with Colonel Julius Hayden, inspector-
general Third Army Corps, to the front line of skir-
mishing on a tour of observation at Falling Waters, Vir-
ginia, on the slope near the river, where they were under
a heavy artillery fire from the opposite bank. He re-
mained with the army on General French's staff as long
as his furlough permitted.

General French in his report of the actions of Wapping
Height and Manassas Gap, July 23, 1863, says, "I would
also mention Cadet Greenough acting aide-de-camp, who
conveyed my orders with precision, and exhibited great
coolness under fire."

Cadet Greenough graduated from the U. S. Military
Academy June, 1865 ; was commissioned second lieu-
tenant on the 23d in the Twelfth Infantry, his commission
as first lieutenant is dated the 23d of June, 1865, and he
was appointed acting regimental adjutant of the Twelfth
at Washington, 1865-66. In September, 1866, he was
transferred to the Twenty-first Infantry and was stationed
at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in command of Company G.
Lieutenant Greenough left the post July, 1868, to report
for duty as instructor at West Point.

On the 15th of December, 1870, Lieutenant Greenough
was assigned to the Fourth Artillery, and early in 1873
he joined Battery G at Black Point, California, with which
he served in the field through the Modoc war. During
the time the troops were in the Black Lava, near the
Indians, Lieutenant Greenough went to his battalion com-
mander, Colonel Mendenhall, and offered to take Battery
G into the Black Lava at night, and attack the Indian
camp early in the morning; his idea was that the re-
mainder of the troops should be moved up in readiness
to attack from different points as soon as the firing
began. Later he volunteered to carry despatches alone,
or with an escort of two men, through the Lava Beds;
he was not permitted to carry out either of these projects
on account of the extreme danger.

At the close of the Modoc war he was detailed with
Captain Hasbrook to convey the Modoc prisoners to
Camp McPherson, Nevada, in October, 1873. Subse-
quently he commanded Battery K, Fourth Artillery, in
the Powder River winter campaign against the Sioux and
Cheyenne Indians with General Crook.

On the 5th of September, 1875, he started for the
field in the campaign against the Shoshones, his pla-
toon with two field-pieces, as artillery, the rest as cav-
alry, and rendezvoused in Eastern Nevada, stopped the
rising without fighting, and returned to the Presidio on
the 4th of October.

He was detailed Ma)' 7, 1877, as professor of military
science at the University of California, at Berkeley. In
1879 he went to Fort Canby. Then he went to Fort
Monroe, Virginia, until May 1, 1882, and then went to
Fort Adams.

On December 1, [883, he was commissioned captain
Fourth Artillery, and stationed at Fort Adams, Rhode
Island, and Fort Warren, Massachusetts, from whence
he joined the head-quarters of his regiment at Fort
McPherson, Georgia, May 29, 1889.

Captain Greenough has made several important inven-
tions, among which may be mentioned a reloading ap-
paratus for reloading shells ; a field gun-carriage, and a
very complete range-finder for sea-coast defences, by
which several vessels may be followed at once without
confusion or delay. He has written on several impor-
tant professional questions.-

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

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REAR-ADMIRAL JAMES A. GREER. U.S.N.

Rear-Admiral James A. Greek was born in Ohio
February 28, 1833, and appointed midshipman from that
State January 10, 1848. He served in the "Saratoga"
and " Saranac" of the I lome Squadron up to 1 850 ; sloop-
of-war "St. Mary's," Pacific Squadron, 1850-52; frigate
"Columbia," Home Squadron, 1853. Then went to the
U.S. Naval Academy for the usual courseof stud)-. Passed
midshipman June 15, 1854; served in the razee " Indepen-
dence," in the Pacific, 1854-57 ; promoted to master Sep-
tember 15, 1855 ; commissioned as lieutenant September
16, 1 855. After serving at the navy-yard at Norfolk made
the Paraguay Expedition in the" Southern Star," 1858-59;
steamers " Sumter" and " San Jacinto," coast of Africa,
1859-61 ; on return, assisted in the removal of Mason
and Slidell from the English mail-steamer " Trent ;"
lieutenant-commander July 16, 1862; sloop "St. Louis,"
special service, 1862-63; Mississippi Squadron, 1863-65 ;
commanded steamers " Carondelet" and " Benton," and a
division of Admiral Porter's fleet; was at the passage of
Vicksburg April 16, 1863; fought the batteries of Grand
Gulf for five hours April 29, 1863, — an incident of this
action was the killing and wounding of twenty-two per-
sons on board the " Benton" by one projectile ; in the Red
River Expedition in May, 1863; was engaged in the
combined attack- on Vicksburg May 22, 1863, and was
almost constantly under fire during the forty-five days of
the siege of Vicksburg. Lieutenant Greer was engaged
in the Red River Expedition during March and April,
1864, and frequently engaged with small bodies of Con-
federate troops and guerillas. In August and Septem-
ber, 1864, he was sent to Cincinnati, Ohio, to inquire into
and correct abuses which existed at the Naval Recruit-
ing Station at that place. He was then in command of
the naval station at Mound City, Illinois, being trans-
ferred thence to the' command of the flag-ship " Black
Hawk." During this time he was charged by Admiral
Lee with the selecting, purchasing, and contracting for
the conversion into gun-boats of ten river steamers ; also
had charge of the convoying of army transports from
Johnsonville up the Tennessee River.

During a portion of 1865 and [866 was stationed at
the Naval Academy, Annapolis, and commissioned as
commander in July of the latter year. Commanded
steamer " Mohongo," North Pacific Squadron, 1866-67.
Dining his command of "Mohongo," he remained four
months at Acapulco, Mexico, to protect American in-

terests, which were endangered by the convulsion upon
the fall of Maximilian ; the State Department commended
him for his course there.

He commanded the " Tuscarora," North Pacific Squad-
ron, 1868; on ordnance duty, Philadelphia Navy- Yard,
1868-69 ; Naval Academy, 1869-73. In 1873 com-
manded purchased steamer " Tigress" on the " Polaris"
Relief Expedition. In one month after sailing from New
York found the wreck of " Polaris" at Littleton Island,
latitude 780 23', North Greenland. Cruised in search of
the people, who had left in their boats, without success, in
Baffin's Bay and Davis's Straits, until October 8, when it
was deemed expedient to return.

He was upon the Board of Inspection in 1874-75 ; com-
manding " Lackawanna," Pacific Station, 1875-77 ; com-
missioned captain April 26, 1876; commanding training
frigate " Constitution," 1S77. In 1878 commanded sloop
" Constellation," which took exhibits to France for the
Paris Exposition ; commanded steamer" Hartford," South
Atlantic, in 1879; Board of Inspection, 1880-82; navy-
yard, Washington, 1882-84; president of Naval Exam-
ining and Retiring Boards, 1885-87; commissioned as
commodore, May 19, 1886 ; as acting rear-admiral, com-
manded the European Station, 1887-89; president of
Board on Organization, Tactics, and Drills, 1889; presi-
dent of Examining and Retiring Boards, 1S90; member
of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, 1891 ;
chairman of the Light-House Board, and now serving as
such; April 3, 1892, commissioned as rear-admiral.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

MAJOR STEPHEN W. GROESBECK, U.S.A.

Major Stephen W. Groesbeck (Sixth Infantry) was
born in Albany, New York, November 26, 1S40. At the
breaking out of the Rebellion he was teaching school
in fowa. Encouraged by his uncle, Stephen Walley, of
Williamstown, Massachusetts, he had prepared himself
tn enter Williams College, but, like many young men of
the period, he chose reluctantly to forego the advantages
of school to enter the service. He enlisted as a private
in the Fourth Iowa Cavalry on October 28, 1861 ; was
mustered in as company quartermaster-sergeant, and in
' h tober, 1862, promoted to second lieutenant. < In the 7th
day of the following month he bore a conspicuous and
most honorable part in the cavalry engagement at Ma-
rianna, Arkansas, and later in the same day received in a
skirmish, among other wounds, a gun-shot wound in the
left foot, the ball so lodging as to defeat the efforts of the
surgeons to locate and remove it. Being wholly dis-
abled he resigned his commission April 4, 1863. In jus-
tice to him the War Department, in subsequent orders,
corrected his record to read " honorably mustered out
\pril 4, [863." A year later, in April, [864, the ball was
sui 1 essfully removed at Albany, New York. While dis-
abled, he took' a course of instruction at a commercial
school ; but, with the restoration of a fair use of his foot,
he entered Colonel Taggart's military school in Philadel-
phia,— a school designed to fit young men for commis-
sions in the volunteer forces. Experience gained with
troops in the field gave him an advantage at this school,
and, stimulated by the offer of a commission in the
Veteran Reserve Corps, he quickly accomplished the
course of instruction, graduating ahead of students who
had preceded him from six to eighteen months. lie
accepted a commission as second lieutenant in the Vet-
eran Reserve Corps in November, [864.

In January, 1 866, he was assigned to duty in the
Bureau of Refugees, Frecdmen, and Abandoned Lands,
at Nashville. Here he served a short time as aide-de-
camp on the staff of Brigadier-General Clinton B. Fisk,
commanding the District of Tennessee ; and, later, as
acting assistant adjutant-general to the assistant com-
missioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and
Abandoned Lands until March, 1868. While stationed
in Nashville he read law with D. W. Peabody, of the
law-firm of Bradley & Peabody, with a view to better
equip himself for the important and often very delicate
duties devolving upon officers serving in the South
during the reconstruction period; and of ultimately
making the law his profession. He served as a volun-
teer until mustered out in January, 1867, to accept a
commission in the regular establishment.

By consolidation of the I'orty-second Infantry, V.R.C.,
with the Sixth Infantry, he became an officer of the latter
regiment. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1875,
and was soon after appointed adjutant of his regiment,
and served as such for five years. During the greater
part of the years [881—82 he served as acting judge-
advocate of the Department of the Missouri, and for a
short time in [882 as instructor of law at the Fort Leav-
enworth School of Application. In 1885 he was again
appointed adjutant of his regiment, serving in that ca-
pacity for three years, when he resigned the office to
accept that of acting judge-advocate of the Department
of Dakota; he served in this position from November r,
1886, to April 28, 1891. He was promoted captain in
July, 1889.

He is a member of the bar. His earl)' reading in the
law led to his special availability as a judge-advocate of
courts-martial, and as acting judge-advocate of military
departments, in which fields he has established an en-
viable reputation for judicial fairness, ami for able and
accurate work, which led to his appointment as major
and judge-advocate U. S. Army, at the death of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Curtis, on February 12, 1892.

An eye-witness of the fight at Marianna expresses him-
self as follows :

" Lieutenant Stephen W. Groesbeck placed himself
at the head of deponent's company, and appealed to
them to follow him, and did lead it in a full charge in
column upon the left of the enemy's line, broke the line,
and, pursuing the advantages so gained, had put the
whole force of the enemy to flight before the main
command could come up to participate in the skirmish.
. . . Considering the fact that Lieutenant Groesbeck was
compelled to assume command under fire, the inspiration
his manner gave to the men of deponent's company,
and the vigor and success of the charge, ... he deems
that this (then young) officer's conduct on that day was
of unusual gallantry and merit."

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

i/9

CAPTAIN FRANK C. GRUGAN, U.S.A.

Captain Frank C. Grugan (Second Artillery) was
born in Pennsylvania April 4, 1842, and earl}- in the war
of the Rebellion entered the volunteer service as a
private in an independent company of heavy artillery,
June 4, [861, and served at Fort Delaware to August 5,
1 86 1. He was appointed second lieutenant of the One
Hundred and Fourteenth Pennsylvania Infantry August
15, 1862, and promoted first lieutenant September 1, 1863,
serving in the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac,
and engaged in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancel-
lorsville, action of Orange Grove, operations at Mine-
Run, actions of Auburn, Brandy Station, Kelly's Ford,
battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna,
Cold Harbor, siege and capture of Petersburg, battle of
Hatcher's Run, and the campaign ending in the surrender
of General R. E. Lee April 9, 1865.

Lieutenant Grugcn was appointed first lieutenant of
the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry December 19, 1864, and
was transferred to the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry May 8,
1865, from which he was honorably mustered out Au-
gust 7, 1865. He then entered the regular service as a
private of the general service August 18, 1865, and
served first at Richmond, Virginia, and then was placed
on duty in the War Department to May, 1866, having
been appointed second lieutenant of the Second Cavalry
April 25, 1866, and brevetted first lieutenant for " gallant
and meritorious services at the battle of Hatcher's Run,
Virginia," and captain for "gallant and meritorious ser-
vices during the war."

Captain Grugan joined the Second Cavalry on the
Plains, and served at Forts Laramie and Casper, Wyoming,
and in the field during 1866-67; then at Camp Stam-
baugh, Wyoming ; Fort Ellis, Montana; and in the field
from 1870 to 1873. He was then detailed on signal duty,
under the chief signal-officer of the army, from 1873 to
1879, when he was ordered to the Artillery School at
Fort Monroe, Virginia, he having been transferred to the
Second Artillery, April 11, 1879, as first lieutenant, he
having reached that rank in the cavalry November 1 , 1 867.

After remaining at Fort Monroe until 1882, he was
placed on special duty with the chief signal-officer of the
army from June to October of the same year, when he
was relieved, and served with a light battery at Washing-
ton City until March, 1885. He was promoted captain
March [8, 1885, and commanded Battery B, Second
Artillery, at Fort Barrancas, Florida, to March, 1889.
At this time he was transferred to Light Battery A, and
served with it at Little Rock Barracks, Arkansas, and
Fort Riley, Kansas, to July, 1S91.

Upon being relieved from light battery duty he was
ordered to Fort Adams, Rhode Island, in command of
Battery H, and is at the present time on duty at that
station.

Captain Grugan filled the position of aide and acting
assistant adjutant-general of the First Brigade, First
Division, Third Army Corps, in the Army of the Potomac,
to April, 1 864. He was post adjutant at the head-quarters
of the Army of the Potomac to December, 1864. He
was adjutant of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry to May,
1865, and regimental quartermaster of the Second Cavalry
from November, 1867, to July, 1870.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

G )MMODORK JOHN GUEST, U.S.N, (deceased).

Commodore John Guest was a native of Missouri,
but was appointed midshipman from Arkansas in De-
cember, [837. For several years he served in the West
India Squadron, in the "Levant," "Constellation,"
" Boston," and "Warren." Having completed his sea-
service .is midshipman, lie was ordered to the naval
school, then at the Naval Asylum, at Philadelphia, and
passed in June, 1S43. For some time after he served in
the " Poinsett," in the survey of Tampa P>ay ; and was
then attached to the frigate "Congress," of the Pacific
Squadron, for three years. This was during the Mexican
War, and Commodore Guest took- part in the battle of
San Gabriel, January, 1848, and the battle at Mesa,
California, January 9, 1848.

1 le was commissioned as lieutenant in December, [850,
when he served in the sloop-of-war " Plymouth," and
the steam-frigate " Susquehanna," and was in the Japan
Expedition, and at the first landing in that country,
under Commodore Matthew C. Perry. During- subse-
quent servici in the East India Squadron, from 1X51 to
1 855, he boarded the Chinese man-of-war, " Sir 1 1. C< imp-
ton," at Shanghai, with a cutter from the "Plymouth,"
and liberated a pilot-boat's crew, who were under the

protection of our flag. In April, 1S54, was second in
command of the " Plymouth,'' Captain John Kelley, in a
severe and victorious action at Shanghai, to prevent
aggression upon foreign residents.

Upon his return he was on duty at Washington, and
then served in the " Niagara," which laid the first cable-
across the Atlantic, 1857-58. During 1859 he was on
rendezvous duty in Philadelphia.

In i860 he was again ordered to the frigate " Niagara,"
employed in taking home the first Japanese embassy
which visited our country.

When the troublous times of 1861 came, Lieutenant
Guest for some time commanded the " Niagara," of the
West Gulf Blockading Squadron. During this period,
in command of the boats of " Niagara," he cut out the
schooner " Aid," which was under the protection of the
guns of Fort Morgan, at the entrance to Mobile Bay.

In 1862 he was in command of the " Owasco," and in
her participated in the passage of the forts below New
Orleans, the capture of that city and the battles on the
Mississippi River up to and including Vicksburg, 1862.

He was made commander in July, 1862, and served in
the " Owasco" at the fight and capture of the Galveston
forts.

In 1863 he was in command of monitor "Sangamon,"
of the South Atlantic Squadron. The "Sangamon" was
the first United States vessel to be fitted with a spar
torpedo, the invention of her commander. During 1864
he commanded " Galatea," on convoy duty in the West
Indies. In the latter part of that year, and 1865, he
commanded " Iosco," at both attacks upon Fort Fisher.
He was commissioned captain in 1866, and commodore
in December, 1872, when he became senior officer of the
Board of Inspection, and continuing as such until 1876.

He became commandant of the navy-yard, Ports-
mouth, New Hampshire, in 1877, and died there, while
still in command, January, 1879.

Commodore Guest was one of the most active and
daring officers of the navy, and was repeatedly com-
mended by commanders of squadrons on that account.
At Fort Fisher the " Iosco's" fire twice cut away the
flag-staff of the Mound Battery.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

1S1

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL PETER C. HAINS, U.S.A.

Lieutenant- Colonel Peter C. Hains (Corps of
Engineers) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July
6, 1840. He was graduated from the U. S. Military
Academy in the Class of June, [861, and appointed a first
lieutenant in the Second Regiment of Artillery. Imme-
diately on graduating he repaired, with other members of
his class, to Washington, and was assigned to the drilling
of volunteer troops, at that time assembling at the capital.

As an artillery officer he was engaged in the first battle
of Bull Run, in the siege of Yorktown, in the battles of
Williamsburg, Hanover Court-House, and Malvern II ill
(July 1).

In Jul}-, 1862, he was transferred to the Corps of Topo-
graphical Engineers, but continued to serve with the
artillery. In the second battle of Malvern Hill his bat-
tery commander, the gallant Captain Benson, was mortally
wounded, and the command devolved on him. He con-
tinued in the command of the battery, being engaged
in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, as well
as in several skirmishes prior and subsequent to those
battles, until the latter part of September, 1862, when he-
was assigned as assistant topographical engineer at the
head-quarters Army of the Potomac.

When the Army of the Potomac was organized into
three grand divisions, he was assigned as chief topo-
graphical engineer of the Centre Grand Division, Major-
General Hooker commanding, participating in the battle
of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862, and con-
tinued with the Army of the Potomac until March, 1863,
when he was transferred to the Arm}- of the Tennessee,
at that time about to begin the turning movement that
resulted in the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

He was assigned to duty as chief engineer of the
Thirteenth Arm)' Corps, and participated in the battles
of Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, the
two assaults on Vicksburg, and conducted, throughout
the entire siege, the operations in front of the Thirteenth
Army Corps. After the surrender, he accompanied Sher-
man's army in its operations against Johnston, which
resulted in the capture of Jackson, Mississippi.

In August, 1863, he was assigned to the duty of con-
structing an intrenched camp at Natchez, Mississippi,
and remained there until April, [864, when he was trans-
ferred to General Banks's army, at that time returning
from the Red River campaign. He joined Banks's army
at the mouth of the Red River, and in July, 1804, after
the army had returned to New Orleans, he was assigned
to duty as chief engineer of the Department of the Gulf.

Early in 1865 he was offered the command of a regi-
ment of volunteers from New Jersey, the State from which
he was appointed, but, owing to the scarcity of engineer
officers at that time, was not allowed by the War Depart-

ment to accept it. Subsequently — in June, 1865 — he was
appointed by Governor Parker, of New Jersey, colonel of
the Tenth New Jersey Volunteers, but, as the war was
about closed, he was not mustered into the volunteer
service.

Lieutenant-Colonel Hains received the brevet of cap-
tain for " gallant and meritorious services in the battle
of Hanover Court-House," of major for "gallant and
meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg," and of
lieutenant-colonel for " gallant and meritorious services
during the war."

Since the war Lieutenant-Colonel Hains has been
engaged on various works oi a civil and military nature.
For three years he was in command of the Faigineer
Post of Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Subsequent to
that he served as engineer of the Fifth and Sixth Light-
House Districts, and as engineer secretary of the Light-
Plouse Board.

In 1882 he was assigned to the charge of the reclama-
tion of the Potomac flats at Washington, D. C, and con-
tinued in charge till November, 1891, when that work was
well advanced towards completion.

He constructed the new bridge on the piers of the
old aqueduct at Georgetown, D. C. ; a bridge across the
Anacostia at the foot of Pennsylvania Avenue ; a large
iron pier at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and a bridge across
Mill Creek.

Besides having served as a member of various boards
of engineers, he had charge of the improvement of a
number of rivers and creeks in the States of Virginia and
Maryland, as well as the defensive works of Hampton
Roads and the capital.

The present station of Lieutenant-Colonel Hains is
Portland, Maine, where he has charge of all river and
harbor works of improvement and the military works of
defence of the States of Maine and New Hampshire.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY WAGER HALLECK, U.S.A.
(deceased).

Major-General Henry Wager Hali.eck was born
at Waterville, Oneida County, New York, January 15,
1S15. After studying a short time at Union College,
he, in 1835, entered the West Point Military Acad-
emy, and graduated in 1839, when he was promoted
to the army as second lieutenant in the corps of engi-
neers, being at the same time appointed assistant pro-
fessor of engineering at the Academy. In the following
year he was made an assistant to the board of engineers
at Washington, D. C, and from 1S41 to 1844 was em-
ployed in connection with the fortifications of New York
harbor.

In 1845, Lieutenant Ilalleck was sent by the govern-
ment to examine the principal military- establishments of
Eumpe, and during his absence he was promoted to the
ranlc of first lieutenant. After his return, he, in the
winter of 1845-46, delivered at the Lowell Institute,
Boston, a course of twelve lectures on the science of war,
published in [846, under the title of " Elements of Mili-
tary Art and Science," and republished with additions,
in 1861.

On the outbreak of the Mexican War, Lieutenant
Ilalleck, in 1 N4' >. as military engineer, accompanied the
expedition to California and the Pacific coast, where he
distinguished himself not only as an engineer, but by his
administrative skill as secretary of state, and by his
presence of mind and bravery in several skirmishes with

the enemy. In 1847, he was brevetted to the rank of
captain. He continued for several years tp act on the
staff of General Riley, in California, holding at the same
time the office of Secretary of State of the Province ;
and he took a leading part in framing the State Consti-
tution of California, on its being admitted into the Union.

In 1852 he was appointed inspector and engineer of
light-houses, and in 1853 was promoted captain of engi-
neers. He, however, in 1854, resigned his commission
in the army, in order to devote his chief attention to the
practice of law, which he had already, for some time,
carried on ; and so great was his success in his profession
that the firm of which he was senior partner soon ob-
tained one of the largest legal businesses in the State.
He was also, from 1850, a director of the New Almaden
Quicksilver Mine, and in 1855 he became president of
the Pacific and Atlantic Railroad, from San Francisco to
San Jose.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was, in August,
1 86 1 , appointed major-general of the United States Army,
and in the following November was appointed com-
mander of the Western Department, where he conducted
the campaign against the Confederates, which caused the
evacuation of the strongly-fortified city of Corinth. In
July, 1862, he was appointed general-in-chief of the
armies of the United States, — a position he held until
March, 1S64, when he was succeeded by General Grant,
and was appointed chief of the staff.

In April, 1865, General Halleck held the command of
the Military Division of the James, and in August of the
same year, of the Military Division of the Pacific, which
he retained until March, 1869, when he was transferred
to that of the South, — -a position he held until his death,
at Louisville, Kentucky, January 9, 187J.

Besides his work on the " Science of War," General
Ilalleck was the author of " Bitumen : Its Varieties,
Properties, and Uses," 1841 ; "The Mining Laws of
Spain and Mexico," 1859; a translation of De Fooz,
"On the Law of Mines," with an introduction, i860;
" International Law," I S6 1 ; a translation of Jomini's
"Life of Napoleon," 1864; and a "Treatise on Inter-
national Law and the Laws of War, prepared for the
use of Schools and Colleges," 1866.

He was appointed professor of engineering in the
Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University, Mas-
sachusetts, September 28, 184s, which he declined. The
degree of A.M. was conferred upon him by Union Col-
lege, New York, in 1843, and that of LL.D. in 1862.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

133

MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD S. HANCOCK, U.S.A.
(deceased).

Major-General Winfield S. Hancock was born in
Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U. S. Military
Academy July i, 1844. He was assigned to the Sixth
Infantry as brevet second lieutenant July 1, 1844, and
served on frontier duty at Fort Towson, Indian Territory,
1844.-45, ami at Fort Washington, Indian Territory,
1845-47. Promoted second lieutenant Sixth Infantry
Jul}- 1, 1846. He participated in the war with Mexico,
1 847-48, being engaged with the defence of convoy at the
National Bridge August 12, 1847; the skirmish at Place
del Rio August 15, 1847; the capture of San Antonio
August 20, 1847; the battle of Churubusco August 20,
1847; the battle of Molino del Rey September 8, 1847,
and the assault and capture of the City of Mexico Sep-
tember 13-14, 1847.

He was brevetted first lieutenant August 20, 1847, for
gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contre-
ras and Churubusco, Mexico. He was promoted first
lieutenant Sixth Infantry January 27, 1853, and from
June 19 to November 2/, 1855, he was on duty at head-
quarters Department of the West. He was appointed
captain and assistant quartermaster November 7, 1855,
and was with troops at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
quelling the Kansas disturbances in 1857; was with the
head-quarters of the Utah reinforcements in 1858, and
with the Sixth Infantry on the march from Fort Bridger,
Utah, to California, the same year.

He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers Sep-
tember 23, 1 861, and served during the war of the
Rebellion, participating in the defence of Washington,
D. C, and in the Virginia Peninsula campaign, Army of
the Potomac ; being engaged in the siege of Yorktown ;
in the battles of Williamsburg, Chickahominy, Golding's
Farm, Savage Station, and White Oak Swamp. He-
conducted the retreat to Harrison's Landing Jul}' 1-4,
and the movement to Centrcville, Virginia, August to
September, 1862. Was in the Maryland campaign, Army
of the Potomac, being engaged in the battles of Cramp-
ton's Pass, South Mountain, and Antietam. He conducted
the reconnoissances from Harper's Ferry to Charleston,
Virginia, October 10-11, and the march to Falmouth,
Virginia, October to November, 1862.

He was appointed major-general of U. S. Volunteers
November 29, 1862. During the Rappahannock cam-
paign he was engaged in the battles of Fredericksburg
and Chancellorsville, and in the Pennsylvania cam-
paign was in command of Second Corps of the Army
of the Potomac, being engaged in the battle of Gettys-
burg, where he was severely wounded in the repulse of
Longstreet's attack upon the left centre, which he com-
manded.

The thanks of Congress were tendered him May 30,
1866, " for his gallant, meritorious, and conspicuous share
in the great and decisive victory."

He was promoted major and quartermaster U. S. Army
November 30, 1863. Commanded and recruited Sec-
ond .Army Corps, January to March, 1864, and par-
ticipated in the Richmond campaign, commanding Sec-
ond Corps of the Arm}- of the Potomac, being en-
gaged in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
North Anna, Tolopotomy, Cold Harbor, and operations
in its vicinity ; and the battle before Petersburg June
16-18, 1864.

During the operations in the vicinity of Petersburg, he
was in command of the Second Corps Army of the
Potomac, and engaged in the battles of Deep Bottom,
Ream's Station, Boydton Plank Road, and the siege of
Petersburg, Virginia, June 15 to Nov. 26, 1864. He
was promoted brigadier-general U. S. Army August 12,
1864.

Prom November 27, 1864, to February 27, 1865, he-
was at Washington, D. C, organizing the First Army
Corps of Veterans, and from February 27 to July 18,
1865, he was in command of Department of West Vir-
ginia, and temporarily of the Middle Division and Army
of the Shenandoah.

He was brevetted major-general U. S. Army Novem-
ber 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services at the
battle of Spottsylvania, Virginia. He was in command
of the Middle Department from Jul}- 18, 1865, to Au-
gust 10, 1866, and of the Department of Missouri from
August 20, 1866. During part of 1867 he was engaged
in an expedition against the Indians on the Plains.

General Hancock commanded also for man}- years the
Department of the East, and was a candidate for the
Presidency of the United States in 1880. He died Feb-
ruary 9, 1 886.

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OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

BRIGADIER-GENERAL MARTIN D. HARDIN. U.S.A.
(retired).

Brigadier-General Martin 1). Hardin was born at
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, June 26, 1837.
His great-grandfather, John Hardin, was an officer of
Morgan's Rifles in the Revolutionary War ; his grand-
father, Martin D. Hardin, was a Senator from Kentucky,
and served with distinction as an officer under General
Harrison in the war of iNu; his father, John J. Hardin,
was a prominent lawyer in Illinois, served in Congress
as a member in [843 and 1844, and was killed at the
battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, while commanding the
First Illinois Volunteers.

General Hardin graduated at West point in 1859, and
was attached to the Third Art.; served at the Artillery
School at Fortress Monroe, and accompanied the force
sent to recapture Harper's Ferry at the time of the
John Brown raid. Joined Major Blake's expedition,
which left St. Louis, Missouri, May 3, [860. It as-
cended the Missouri River to its head-waters, crossed
the Rock) Mountains by Mullan's Road, and reached
Fori Vancouver in October. Lieut. Hardin was in com-
mand ol Fort (Jmpequa, Oregon, when the late war
began.

He came cast with the Third Art. in the fall of 1 86 1 ;
served in the defences of Wa hington, ami with Me Call's
l)i\ision of Pennsylvania Reserves until March, iSoj,
wa : aide-de-camp to Colonel Hunt, commanding the Ait.
Reserves, Army of the Potomac, at the siege of York-
town, and "Seven Hays' Battles" before Richmond.

He was colonel commanding the Twelfth Regiment
Pennsylvania Reserves, July 8, 1862, and present in
Pope's campaign ; was slightly wounded at the battle of
Groveton, and severely wounded at second Bull Run,
whilst commanding Third Brigade of the Pennsylvania

Reserves. Commanded his regiment at Gettysburg, and
Third Brigade Pennsylvania Reserves at combats of
Falling Waters, Rappahannock Station, Bristoe Sta-
tion, and Mine Run campaign. lie was severely
wounded (losing left arm) whilst commanding troops
guarding Orange and Alexandria Railroad, December
14. 1863.

On light duty January \2 to May, 1864, and then
commanded First Brigade Pennsylvania Reserves, Third
Division Fifth Corps, at battles of Spottsylvania, North
Anna (when slightly wounded), Tolopotomy, and Be-
thesda Church. In this latter battle the First Brig-
ade Pennsylvania Reserves was sent to the front to re-
connoitre. Its skirmishers ran against the Confederate
breastworks, a short distance in front of the church.
When the brigade in line reached the church, it halted,
tore down the fences, piled up the rails, and laid down
behind these piles. Scarcely were the men in position
when Ramseur's Confederate division charged down the
pike. The Confederates came on in such large force, and
with such an impetus, that the volley from Hardin's
small brigade made no apparent impression. Soon the
other brigades of Third Division fifth Corps joined
Hardin's, and a line of battle was formed across the
country road. This line the Confederate division, after
changing front, charged. The Confederates were re-
pulsed with severe loss.

Colonel Hardin was appointed brigadier-general July
2, 1S64, and assigned to the command of the defences
of Washington, north of the Potomac. He was en-
gaged in defence of the Capital against the Confeder-
ate General Early's army, July, 1 K64.

These defences had been stripped of the proper garri-
son to reinforce General Grant's armies. Two regiments
of one-hundred-day men and a few dismounted batter-
ies formed the garrison for fourteen miles of defences.
The entile fence was put on the picket-line, when, meet-
ing Early's skirmishers ami making a strong resistance,
the Confederate advance force reported that the forts
and outworks were fully manned, thus causing General
Early to delay an attack- in force. This attack would un-
doubtedly have been successful, had it been made before
reinforcements to the garrison arrived.

General Hardin was relieved of the command of the
defences of Washington, and assigned to command of
District of Raleigh, North Carolina, August, 1865.

After the war he served in the Department of the
Lakes as staff officer, and at times in command of Forts
Wayne, Porter, or Gratiot.

Retired as brigadier-general December 15, 1870, for
loss of left arm and other wounds. He practised law
in Chicago, and has written a history of the Twelfth
Reginn nt Pennsylvania Reserves, articles for maga-
zines, rii

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

1S5

PAYMASTER H. T. B. HARRIS, U.S.N.

Paymaster II. T. B. Harris entered the service
as captain's clerk in March, 1863, on U. S. S. " [no,"
and sailed to the South Atlantic Ocean as convoy to the
ship " Aquila," with the monitor "Comanche" on board
in sections, for San Francisco.

She was convoyed to about 10 ' south latitude, where
the " Ino" parted with her and proceeded to cruise in
search of the rebel cruiser " Alabama," reported in that
locality. The "Ino" cruised for several months with
quite a number of exciting incidents in the way oi
false alarms as to identity of different steamers sighted ;
but the "Alabama," with her well-known elusiveness, wa
soon reported on the United States coast, — so the " Ino"
returned to New York, and the commanding officer
and his clerk went to the steamer "Commodore Bar-
ney," serving on the rivers and bays of Virginia and
North Carolina. In May, [864, the " Barney" rendered
very valuable assistance to the army in repelling Hoke's
attack on New Berne, firing one hundred and twenty
rounds with her IX. -inch Dahlgrens and 100-pounder
Parrott guns. In July of the same year, while the
" Barney" was at the head of Bachelor's Bay, guarding
the mouth of Roanoke River, the ram "Albemarle"
appeared and was hotly engaged by the " Barney" with
her 100-pounder Parrott and two IX. -inch Dahlgrens,
which compelled her to return toiler moorings at Ply
mouth.

The subject of this sketch was at this time acting as
signal-officer of the ship, and, in addition to that duty,
on this occasion, commanded the forward battery of three
IX. -inch guns with full crews of contrabands. After the
return of the "Albemarle" to Plymouth, he volunteered
to go with a boat's-crew at night Lip the Middle River to
a point opposite Plymouth, cross the swamp to a point
within two hundred feet of the ram, to observe and report
upon the apparent damage to her from the shots of the
" Barney." This duty was fraught with some danger, as
two of the enemy's picket-stations were passed, and the
trip through the cane brake was exceedingly difficult
and fatiguing, but was successfully accomplished, and
one prisoner taken, — a poor North Carolina conscript,
going up the river in a canoe to visit his family, who,

having seen some oi the reconnoitring party, was made
prisoner to prevent his divulging their presence, which
would have resulted in their capture.

Shortly after this the "Barney" returned to Norfolk,
where the commanding officer and his clerk were trans-
ferred to the steamer " Emma," of the North Atlantic
Blockading Squadron, and served on the Wilmington
blockade, with much excitement in the chase of blockade-
runners and frequent exchange of shots with the bat-
teries, until October, 1864, when the subject of this
sketch, who had been acting paymaster of the ship for
two months, during the absence through sickness of the
duly-appointed officer, was ordered to New York for
examination for appointment as acting assistant pay-
master, to which grade he was appointed November 1,
1864, and ordered to the monitor " Naubuc" at New
York; afterwards to the " Napa," at Philadelphia. On
February 21, [867, was appointed assistant paymaster;
February 17, 1 869, passed assistant paymaster, and Jan-
uary iS, [88 1, paymaster, having in the meantime served
in every squadron and at the naval depots at the Sand-
wich Islands and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and at the time
of writing is paymaster of the navy-yard, New York,
where the disbursements exceed three millions of dollars
per year.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular

FIRST LIFUTFNANT JOHN C. HARRIS. U.S.M.C.

First Lieutenant John C. Harris was born near
Philadelphia in 1840; admitted to theBarin 1861 ; be-
fore entering the service, volunteered, in January, [861,
on an expedition (p. 111*) to take and hold Fort Wash-
ington, on the Potomac, and witnessed the first Bull
Run disaster. He received a commission in 1861 , in the
Marine Corps, of which his uncle was then chief.

After some service about Washington, he was placed in
command of the guard of the war-steamer, " Pensacola"
(now, thirty years later, probably the only vessel of that
date, still in active service). After much delay, in prepa-
ration, she passed down the Potomac (witli President
Lincoln and some of his Cabinet, until) under the fire of
the rebel batteries, which failed, after repeated efforts, to
seriously injure her. At Hampton Roads some time was
spent in watching for the rebel iron-clad " Merrimac."
In February, [862, she continued South, to join Admiral
Farragut's fleet ; and, after almost a wreck on the Florida
reefs, and getting off witli difficulty, reached Key West,
Florida; refitted, and proceeded to Ship Island, where
were rendezvoused the fleet, Porter's mortar flotilla, and
General Butler's army. In April, 1862, after heavy fight-
ing at Forts St. Philip and Jackson, and the Chalmette
batteries, (he being wounded, and, later, brevetted for
" gallant and meritorious service" there,) (pp. 142-307*) —
these naval forces captured New ( Irleans, where the
"Pensacola" remained over a year; though he was for
a time a volunteer at the siege of port Hudson, with his
friend, General Godfrey Weitzel, of the U.S. Engineers.
Before General Butler's troops arrived, Lieutenant Harris
was thrice landed, with his men, t<> carry out Admiral
Farragut's different orders (pp. 141-142

In April, 1863, he was ordered North ; and soon after
the Union repulse, with great slaughter, at Fort Wagner,
off Charleston, was made adjutant of a battalion (p. 146*)

of five hundred men, sent from New York, to lead a
second storming-party against the Fort; which, with Fort
Gregg, was soon after taken, and the rebels cleared off
Morris Bland. After these captures and the assault
on Fort Sumter, — in which he was again a volunteer (p.
147*), in a picked body of one hundred men, called for by
Admiral Dahlgren, — the command retired to Foll_\- Island,
where the long stay on the Mississippi and exposure off
Charleston, with bad food and water, culminated in a
severe fever, which sent him, successively, to the hospital-
ship "Vermont;" to the hospital at Beaufort, South Car-
olina; and, when able to travel, back to the North.

A short service thereafter (in which he again volun-
teered) against the rebel cavalry raider, General Harry
Gilmore (under Ewell) in Maryland (p. 154*), terminated
his war experiences; — as the war about then ceased.
Service on man_\- courts-martial (in which he was gener-
ally Judge-Advocate) and at the Philadelphia Navy- Yard
then occupied him, until the U. S. S. " Ticonderoga"
(whose guard he commanded) sailed in November, 1865,
tor the European Squadron ; where he spent some three
years under Admirals Farragut and Goldsborough, vis-
iting all the main ports of Europe, the East, and North
and West Africa, with the Madeiras, Azores, Canaries,
Balearics, etc., — a cruise of unsurpassed interest; oppor-
tunity having been given for travelling, also, through the
interiors of countries. On his return to the United States
with Admiral Farragut, in 1869, on the frigate " Frank-
lin," he resigned, and resumed business-life. The Na:[al
Register of that year credits him with more " sea-service"
than any of the corps of his date, or of the six preceding
dates, — one officer excepted; who, however, was three
dates ahead of him.

On both sides of his family he came from pre-Revolu-
tionary Pennsylvania ancestry. I lis grandfathers, General
William Harris, of Pennsylvania, whose monument is at
the Great Valley Church, near Philadelphia, and Colonel
Persifor Frazcr on his maternal side, both served with
the Pennsylvania troops under General Washington. His
Frazer and Campbell ancestors evidence his partly Scotch
origin, and the Harris name, (which is identified with I Iar-
risburg, the capital of Pennsylvania) is English, being the
family name of the Earls of Malmesbury.

As he only served when quite young, and in the
regular Navy, where promotion awaited a vacancy ahead,
there was no opportunity for other advance, as in the
army. I lew as simply one of the million or more, whose
course of life, was deflected by the war-call of the coun-
try, who did what occasion offered ; and the survivors,
when no more needed, returned whence they came. This
modest record, therefore, he says, "must be of interest
mainly to his fellow-officers and friends."

* Collum's " Marine Corps."

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

187

CAPTAIN MOSES HARRIS, U.S.A.

Captain Moses Harris (First Cavalry) was born in
New Hampshire September 6, 1839. Entering the reg-
ular army as a private soldier in Troop G, First Cavalry,
he passed through the various grades to that of first ser-
geant, and then was appointed second lieutenant of the
same regiment May 18, 1864.

Prior to the war of the Rebellion he served on the
Indian frontier, and participated in an expedition against
Cheyenne Indians in 1857, under General Sumner. In
the summer of 1858 he marched with the troops to
Sweetwater River, Nebraska, en route to Salt Lake City,
and returned to Fort Riley. He again participated in an
expedition against Kiowa Indians, under General Sedg-
wick, in i860. He was at Fort Wise, Kansas, at the
breaking out nf the Rebellion, when the designation of
the regiment was changed from First to Fourth Cavalry.
After re-enlisting and being furloughed for two months,
in 1862 he rejoined his troop in the field at Nashville,
and participated in the various marches and campaigns
of the Army of the Cumberland from March, 1862, to
June, 1864, when he took part in the Atlanta campaign
as far as Kenesaw Mountain, participating in various
cavalry affairs and skirmishes, lie was promoted first
lieutenant August 15, 1864.

Captain Harris took part in the following engage
ments : Action at Solomon's Fork, Kansas, in 1 S 5 ~ ;
affair at Blackwater Springs, Kansas, in i860; battles of
Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, and Stone River, 1862 ; Spring
Hill, Snow Hill, Franklin, Middleton, Shelbyville, Ring-
gold, and Chickamauga, 1863; Dallas, Georgia; Deep
Bottom, Virginia ; Newtown, Virginia; Shepherdstown,
Virginia; Leetown, Smithfield, Winchester, Millford,
Waynesborough, Tom's Creek, and Cedar Creek, Vir-
ginia, in 1864; and Appomattox Court-House, April 9,
1865. He was brevetted a captain September 19, 1864,
for " gallant and meritorious services at the battle of
Winchester."

Shortly after the close of the war we find the captain
on duty at New Orleans; and in 1866 he was transferred
to the Pacific coast, with many changes of stations,
numerous affairs with Indians, and disagreeable long
marches. He was engaged in scouting operations against
hostile Apaches from September, 1869, to March, 1870,
taking part in several small engagements. He was en-
gaged in constructing a wagon-road to the new post
in the White Mountains, Arizona Territory, in 1870-71.
He was then detailed for recruiting service, from which
he returned to Benicia Barracks in the early part of 1873.

In the summer of 1874 the captain was camped in the
Wallowa Valley, Washington Territory, watching restless
Nez Perce Indians under Chief Joseph, and afterwards
took station at Fort Colville. In 1878 he received a six-
months' leave of absence, but his troop being ordered
into the field against the hostile Snake and Bannock
Indians, he surrendered the unexpired portion and joined
his troop in the field in August, and participated in that
campaign under General O. O. Howard. After attending
the usual round of post duties, member of boards, scout-
ing, etc., he was in 1881 ordered to Arizona for field duty.
On October 4 he left Lathrop with troop by rail for
Arizona; on the 7th he took the trail of hostile Apaches
at San Simeon Station, Arizona, and pursued them to
the Mexican line. After being stationed at Fort Hua-
chuca and Fort Bowie until January, 1S82, he proceeded
to and took station at the Presidio of San Francisco. In
February of that year he was detailed on a board for
the purchase of cavalry horses, and in April he was
again ordered to Arizona, and was scouting against hos-
tile Apaches until May 25, when he returned to the
Presidio ; but the station of his regiment was changed in
1S84 to Montana, and his troop was assigned to Fort
Custer, from which post he was detached, August 15,
1886, for duty in Yellowstone Park. He established the
post of Camp Sheridan at Mammoth Hot Springs, and
continued to perform the duties of superintendent of the
park and commander of post of Camp Sheridan until
June 1, 18S9, when he took- station at Fort Custer, Mon-
tana, remaining there until his regiment was ordered to
Arizona in 1892.

1 88

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

COMMANDER-IN-CHIFF BENJAMIN HARRISON. U.S.A.

Commander-in-Chief Benjamin Harrison (President
of the United States) is the son of John Scott Harrison,
and grandson of General Win. Henry Harrison, President
of the United States from March 4 to April 4, 1841. I le
was born at North Bend, Indiana, in his grandfather's
house, August 20, 1833, graduated from Miami University
in Class of 1852; he subsequently passed through a legal
course, and began practice of law , it Indianapolis in 1854.

In the early part of the war of the Rebellion, Mr.
Harrison tendered his services to Governor Morton, of
Indiana, and the latter authorized him to raise a regi-
ment. When the regiment was complete, Governor
Morton voluntarily commissioned Mr. Harrison colonel
of the Seventieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers.

When Bragg was hastening with the main body of his
army to Louisville, considerable excitement was created,
and Colonel Harrison's regiment — although muskets had
just been issued to them and they did not even know
how to handle them — was hurried to Bowling Green,
Kentucky, which was at that time fortified, and had
become a Union outpost, below which even-thin- had
been broken by the Confederates.

Colonel Harrison's first experience as an independent
commander was when he was sent on an expedition
list a body ,,f rebels lodged at Russellville. His
command was put aboard a train at Bowling Green and
hurried off When within about ten miles of the town
he was stopped by a burned bridge. ( Inly a portion of
a span was gone, however, and he made a pier of railroad
ties m the centre, then cut down a couple of large trees
and pushed them across the break. Prom a side-track
near by, rails were torn up and laid upon the timbers.
He pushed on with his train over the temporary bri<
and arriving at a proper point, after making his military
dispositions he suddenly and with energy attacked tin

rebel camp. The surprise was complete. Forty rebels
were killed and wounded, while only one Union soldier
was killed. He captured ten prisoners and all the horses
and arms, and then returned to Bowling Green.

Colonel Harrison's regiment was brigaded with the
Seventy-ninth ( )hio, and the One Hundred and Second,
One Hundred and Fifth, and the One Hundred and
Twenty-ninth Illinois, Brigadier-General Ward com-
manding; and, what is extraordinary, the organization
thus effected was kept unchanged to the close of the war.
From Bowling Green, Colonel Harrison, with his com-
mand, accompanied the brigade to Scottville, Kentucky,
ami thence to Gallatin, Tennessee, where he was occupied
guarding the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Four
months were evenly divided between hunting guerillas and
drilling his men. Fhe brigade then marched to Lavcrgne
and thence to Murfreesborough. There it became part of
Granger's Reserve Corps. On the 2d of January, 1864, it
became the First Brigade of the First Division of the
Eleventh Army Corps, and Colonel Harrison was placed
in command of it, General Ward taking the division.

Shortly after this the Eleventh and Twelfth Army
Corps were consolidated into the Twentieth, whereupon
Ward's old brigade became the First Brigade of the
Third Division of the Twentieth Corps; and, as General
Ward returned to the command of the brigade, Colonel
Harrison resumed that of his regiment.

Colonel Harrison participated in the Atlanta campaign
and was engaged in the battles of Resaca, where, in
charging a battery, he was amongst the first to cross the
parapet. He also assisted in the capture of Cassville;
was engaged at New Hope Church, and commanded his
brigade in the engagements at Gilgal Church, Kenesaw
Mountain, Peach-Tree Creek, and Nashville. After the
last-named. Colonel Harrison was occupied in the pursuit
of Hood's army, and through many difficulties pene-
trated as far as Courtland, Alabama. He was then or-
dered to report to General Sherman at Savannah. At
Pocotaligo he was assigned to a brigade, with which he
joined Sherman at Goldsborough.

At the close of the war Colonel Harrison was made
brevet brigadier-general of volunteers, to date from Jan-
uary 23, 1865, "for ability and manifest energy and gal-
lantry in command of the brigade." He was honorably
mustered out of service at Washington, D. C, on tin
8th day of June, 1 865, and at once entered upon his
duties as reporter of the Supreme Court of the State of
Indiana. He was elected United States Senator in 1 88 I,
and held that office for six years.

In ]88S General Harrison became the Republican
candidate for President of the United States. He was
duly elected, and took his seat March 4, 1889, which
position he now holds, and by virtue of that position
became commander-in-chief of the army ami navy.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

189

CAPTAIN WILSON T. HARTZ, U.S.A.

Captain Wilson T. Hartz (Fifteenth Infantry) was
born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Sep-
tember 9, 1 S36 ; received an academic education; em-
barked in life as a civil and mining engineer; served
about one year at mining work, and then received an
appointment as an assistant engineer on the Mine Hill
and Schuylkill Haven Railroad, which position he held
tor about seven years, vacating it to answer the call of
the President for volunteers. He was enrolled on the
1 6th day of April, 186 1 ; mustered into service and ap-
pointed sergeant-major of the Sixth Pennsylvania Infan-
try April 22, 1.S61 ; and was mustered out of service
July 27, 1861. He was then appointed first lieutenant
First Regiment, Excelsior Brigade (Seventieth New
York volunteers), August 30, 1S61 (Hooker's Division,
Third Army Corps), mustered to date October 22, 1861,
and was adjutant of the regiment from February 1, 1862,
to October 28, 1862, part of the time on duty as acting
assistant adjutant-general of the brigade.

October IO, 1S62, he was transferred to the First Army
Corps for special assignment on the staff of General
Nelson Taylor; was appointed captain and assistant
adjutant-general of volunteers October 23, 1862. He
received a bullet-wound in the right breast at Freder-
icksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862; was assigned to
duty as assistant to the commissary-general of prisoners
February 17, 1863, and continued on that duty under the
several administrative heads of the bureau — Generals
Hoffman, Wessells, and Hitchcock — until the office was
closed, and the records turned over to the adjutant-
general of the army, August 22, 1S67.

"Office Commissary-Genf.rai, of Prisoners,
" Washington, I). C, August 22, 1S67.

" Special Orders : In compliance with an order of the
adjutant-general of the 20th instant, the undersigned an-
nounces that he has delivered the books, papers, and
property of this office to the control and direction of
Brevet Brigadier-General Breck, of the Adjutant-General's
Department, and it only remains for him to tender his
thanks to the gentlemen in the office for their uniform
fidelity and industry.

" To Brevet Major W. T. Hartz he feels particularly
indebted, and desires to make his acknowledgment for
his services and experience in the office, which have been
of the highest value and importance, not merely to him-
self individually, but to the government.

(Signed) " E. A. Hitchcock,

" Major-General of Volunteers, Com.-Gen. Prisoners."

Captain Hartz was mustered out of service as a captain
and acting adjutant-general of volunteers, to take effect
September I, 1867. He was commissioned major of
volunteers by brevet to date from March 13, 1865, "for

faithful and meritorious service during the war." He-
then entered the regular service as second lieutenant
Fifteenth U. S. Infantry, to date from May 11, 1866, and
was promoted to first lieutenant June 17, 1867.

He was commissioned first lieutenant and captain by
brevet to date from March 2, 1867, "for gallant and
meritorious services in the battle of Fredericksburg, Vir-
ginia." On being mustered out of volunteer rank as
captain ami acting adjutant-general, he joined his com-
pany (D, Fifteenth Infantry) at Montgomery, Alabama,
and commanded the company (the captain being absent)
until January 25, 1868, when he was ordered to duty as
acting assistant adjutant-general of the District of Ala-
bama, and remained on that duty until the Fifteenth
Infantry left the State. August 12, 1S68. He marched
and served with the regiment in Texas and New Mexico,
on company and post duty as acting assistant quarter-
master and acting commissar}- of subsistence ; and as
engineer officer of the regiment on its march from Texas
to New Mexico in 1869, until the fall of 1874, when he
was ordered on recruiting duty until October, 1876. He
then took station at Fort Wingate, New Mexico, and
was promoted captain August 23, 1877.

Captain Hartz was on detached service, building can-
tonment at Bagosa Springs, Colorado, during the winter
of 1S7S-79; he was in the Ute campaign, winter of
1879-80; in the Victorio campaign, summer and fall
of 1880; escorting engineers Atchison, Topeka, anil
Santa Fe Railroad, winter of 1880-81, in New Mexico
and Arizona. ( )n leave of absence, spring of 1881 ;
thence to recruiting duty (special detail) until November,
1 88 1 ; joined his company at Fort Lyon, Colorado, and
served continuously' with the regiment in Colorado,
North Dakota, Louisiana, and Illinois. He was absent,
with leave from November 15, 1891, to Februaiy 29,
1892, and has been on duty with regiment since.

190

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

MAJOR WILLIAM L. HASK1N, U.S.A.

Major William L. Haskin (First Artillery) was born
at Iloulton, Maine, May 31, 1S41. lie is the son of the
late Brevet Brigadier-General Joseph A. Haskin, U.S A .
and is a graduate of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
of Troy, New York, Class of 1 861, with the degree of
Civil Engineer. He entered the regular service from civil
life as second lieutenant, First Artillery, August 5, 1861,
and was promoted first lieutenant the same day. He
served during the war of the Rebellion, being stationed at
Fort Washington, Maryland, to November, 1 861, and was
then ordered to Fort Pickens, Florida, where he remained
until the occupation of Pensacola, Florida He was
stationed at Pensacola until July, 1S62, and then served
in the Department of the Gulf, Louisiana, until August,
1864. lie participated in the campaigns pertaining to
that locality, and was engaged in the battle of Fort Bis-
land, April 12 and [3, 1863; in a skirmish at Jennerets,
April 14, 1863; in the siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana,
from May 27 to July 8, 1863. He commanded Horse
Battery F, Firsl Artillery, during the second Red River
campaign, and was engaged in a skirmish at Marksville,
Louisiana, May 15, 1864, and in the action of Mansura,
Louisiana, May [6, 1864, for which he was honorably
mentioned to the Secretary of War by General Emory,
in the following words :

"Lieutenant Haskin commanded a hatter}- of the First
Artillery in the Red River campaign of [ 864, and greatly
distinguished himself by the good order and discipline of

his batter\-, and his gallantry and coolness upon all occa-
sions; but particularly on the 16th of May, at the battle
of Mansura, where he acted with conspicuous gallantry.
I, therefore, respectfully recommend that he be brevetted
captain of artillery, to date from May 16, 1864." At
the close of the war he was brevetted captain (July- 8,
1863) for " gallant and meritorious services in the capture
of Port Hudson, Louisiana;" and brevet major, March
13, 1865, for "good conduct and gallant services during
the war."

In September, 1864, Lieutenant Haskin was placed
on recruiting service, and in February, 1865, was ap-
pointed aide-de-camp to General J. A. Haskin, chief of
artillery Twenty-second Arm}- Corps. In the following
September he was ordered to Fort Trumbull, Connec-
ticut, and there performed the duties of acting assistant
quartermaster and assistant commissary of subsistence
until June, 1866, when he was sent with his battery to
Malone, New York, to assist in suppressing the Fenian
raid.

Lieutenant Haskin was promoted captain July 2S, 1866,
and was at Fort Schuyler until 1S70, when he was again
sent to Malone, New York, in May, to assist in suppress-
ing the second Fenian raid into Canada. He was then
stationed at various posts 011 the Atlantic coast until 1876,
when he was sent with his batter}- to South Carolina and
Florida, dining the contested election of that year. He
was also sent to Pittsburgh and Reading, Pennsylvania,
in 1877, during the labor riots.

Captain Ilaskin's station was changed to the Pacific
coast in 1 88 1, and he served at different posts until Sep-
tember, 1 888, when he was in charge of the office of
inspector-general, and inspector of target practice of the
Department of California, in October, 1888. He was
senior member of a board for reconnoissance of certain
harbors on the Pacific coast from March to May, i88y,
and commanded a battalion of light artillery at a summer
encampment from Jul}- to September, [889. He next
served at Alcatraz Island, harbor of San Francisco, and
then at other unimportant stations to the present time.

Captain Haskin was promoted major of the First Ar-
tillery August 11, 1887, and is now (Ala}-, 1892) in com-
mand of Fort Columbus, New York, and is the Secretary
of the Military Service Institution of the Unfted States,
and one of the editors of its journal.

He is the author of the " History of the First United
States Artillery," [879.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

191

CAPTAIN CHARLES HAY, U.S.A.

Captain Charles Hay (Subsistence Department) was
born in Holmes Count}-, Ohio, August 23, 1840, and is,
at the date of this record and portrait, in the fifty-second
year of his aye, and thirtieth of military service.

He first entered the service by enlistment at Cleveland,
Ohio, .April 23, 1861, for three months in the Eighth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served as a private; and, imme-
diately on the expiration of this term, on July 24, 1861,
he enlisted at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, in the
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years, —
serving the full term in the ranks as a private, corporal,
and regimental commissary sergeant. With the exception
of about three months in [862, his service with this regi-
ment was in West Virginia, where it performed consid-
erable scouting and marching, and had many minor
engagements with the rebels, in nearly all of which he
participated. August to October, 1862, his regiment was
with the Army of the Potomac in the campaign through
Maryland which culminated in the battles of South Moun-
tain and Antietam, in both of which he was engaged. In
the summer of 1863 he took part with his regiment in
pursuing and intercepting the rebel raider, General John
Morgan, in Pastern Ohio; and in June, 1864, was in
General Hunter's campaign against Lynchburg, Virginia,
which resulted disastrously, the Federal troops being
obliged to retreat to the Kanawha Valley, a distance of
over two hundred miles, through an unfriendly country
and harassed by the rebels, suffering many hardships
and privations because of insufficient supplies and a
forced march of eleven days.

In May, 1864, Captain Hay passed examination at
Washington City before the board presided over by Gen-
eral Silas Casey for a commission in the colored forces,
and subsequently, in July, 1864, was commissioned a
captain in the Forty-fifth Regiment U. S. Colored Volun-
teer Infantry, but declined the appointment.

Discharged by reason of expiration of service, July
24, 1864, he entered the office of the provost-marshal of
the Fourteenth ( )hio District, at Wooster, as a deputy,
where he remained until February 20, 1865, when he was
commissioned a captain in the First Army Corps of
Veteran Volunteer Infantry, then being organized by
General Hancock from volunteer soldiers who had served
two years or more and been honorably discharged.
After two months of recruiting duty in Ohio for the
corps, he joined it at Washington City, and was assigned
to the Fifth Regiment ; and remained in camp near
Washington until July, being present on duty with his
regiment during the trial and execution of the Surratt
conspirators. His remaining service with this regiment
was at Providence, Rhode Island, and on Staten and
Hart's Islands, New York harbor, until discharged May
28, 1866. Returning to Ohio, he entered the post-office

at Wooster as deputy, where he remained until March,
1867, when he was commissioned a second lieutenant in
the Thirty-sixth U. S. Infantry, reporting for duty May
1, 1867, at North Platte, Nebraska. For the next two
years he served with this regiment at posts and in the
field in the vicinity of the line of the LTnion Pacific Rail-
road, then being constructed, protecting its workmen in
what was then a hostile Indian country. At the reduc-
tion in 1S69 of the infantry of the ami)' from forty-five
to twenty-five regiments, he was placed on " waiting
orders," and so remained until Jul)', when he was as-
signed to the Twenty-third Infantry, and, conducting a
detachment of recruits from Carlisle Barracks to San
Francisco in August, reported for duty September 1 at
Boise Barracks, Idaho, where he served until after his
promotion to first lieutenant January, 1871, during which
he performed considerable escort duty in Idaho and Ore-
gon. His subsequent service of eighteen years in the
Twenty-third Infantry was at posts in ( )regon, Washing-
ton, and Arizona Territories, Nebraska, Kansas, Indian
Territory, Colorado, Texas, and at Buffalo, New York,
and comprised all of the garrison duties incidental to a
subaltern line officer, of which, however, those of post-
adjutant, quartermaster, and commissar)' were most fre-
quent and almost constant. His last duty as post-quar-
termaster was the entire rebuilding of Fort Porter, at
Buffalo, New York.

On December 10, 1888, Captain Hay was nominated
by President Cleveland for commissary of subsistence
with the rank of captain, and was confirmed January 15,
1889.

In September following he reported for duty at Denver,
Colorado, where he is at present stationed as purchasing
commissar)' of subsistence.

Captain Hay is a member of the Loyal Legion, Com-
mandery of Colorado.

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY is*

BRIGADIER-GENERAL WILLIAM B. HAZEN, U.S.A.

( ASI l>).

Brigadiek-Genekal William B. Hazen was born
in Vermont, and graduated from the Military Acadeni)
|uly i, 1855. He was promoted brevel sei ond lieutenant
of infantry the ame day, and second lieutenanl Eighth
Infantry September 4, [ S5 5- '''' '"'"' served on the

I '.K Hi Lst, and was engaged in skirmishes at Applegate

Creek fanuar) 5, and Big Kanyon February 12, [856.
He was then employed in conducting Rogue Rivei
Indians to Grand Ronde Reservation, Oregon, the same
year. He was on leave of absence and awaiting orders
from April to December, [857. He rejoined in Texas,
and was scouting against Apache Indians in [858, being
1 ngaged in a I irmish at Guadalupe Mountains fune [4.
In 1859 he wa ; 1 ngaged with Kickapoo Indians on the
Nueces, Maj 16 and Octobei 5, and, with Comanche
Indians on the Vanno November 5, when he was severely
wounded, and went on sick-leave of absence from 1859
to [861. He was brevetted first lieutenant May [6,1859,

for "gallant conduct in two several engagei ts with

Indians in Texa

Lieutenant I lazen was promoted first lieutenant April 1,
[861, while assistant instructor of infantr) tactics at the
Military Academy. He was promoted captain May 1 |,
1 861, and upon being relieved at the Militarj Academy,
September [8, 1 861, was appointed colonel of the Forty-
fii t < )hii 1 Volunteers, and, after recruiting and organizing
his regiment at Cleveland, wa engaged in the defence
ol the Ohio frontier, and in operations in Kentucky to
February, 1862, when he commanded a brigade in the
Army of the Ohio, and participated in the Tenn<
1 ampaign, being engagi d in the battle of Shiloh, April 7,
id the advance on Corinth. I [e was then on sick-
leave from May :-5 to July 4, 1862, when he returned, and
was engaged with his troops in repairing railroads to

August 4. After commanding at Murfreesborough for
awhile, he participated in the retrograde movement on
Louisville, Kentucky, and was engaged in the battle of
Pei ry\ ille a\m\ se\ eral skirmishes.

Colonel Hazen was appointed brigadier-general of
volunteers November 29, 1862, and participated in the
Tenn< s iee 1 ampaign with the Army of the Cumberland,
being engaged in a skirmish near Murfreesborough on
Christmas Hay, and battle ol Stone River December 31,
[862. After a short leave of absence, General Hazen
participated in the Tennessee campaign of 1863, and the
campaigns which followed, including the march to the
sea, .mil through the Carolinas, to the close of the war.
He was engaged in numerous skirmishes, and in the
battle of Chickamauga September 19 and 20, 1863; in
operations about Chattanooga, in a movement with fifty
two pontoons to Brown's Ferry, with which a bridge
ai ro :s the Tennessee River was formed, Lookout Valley
seized after a severe skirmish, and the line oi supplies oi
the army reopened. He captured the Nineteenth Ala-
bama Regiment atOrchard Knob November 23, and was
in the battle of Missionary Ridge November 25, [863.
I [e wa 1 1 ngaged also in the demonstration against Rocky-
face Ridge, battle of Resaca, action at Adairsville, at
Cassville, at Pickett's Mills, battle of Kenesaw Mountain,
combat of Peach tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, and, while
in command of the Second Division, Fifteenth Army
< 'orp , engaged in the battle of [onesborough, the march
to the sea, including numerous skirmishes, assault and
capture of Fort McAllister, near Savannah.

While en route through the Carolinas, General Hazen
constructed, with his troops, a trestle-bridge twelve
hundred feet long, in eighteen hours, over Lynch's
('reel., February 28, 1865, and was engaged in the battle
of Bentonville, North Carolina, March 20-21, 1865, and
was present at the surrender of fohnston's army April 26,
1865. He was appointed major-general oi volunteers
December i;, [864, and was brevetted in the regular
army from major to major-general, for gallant and meri-
torious services in the various general actions in which he

had been engaged.

After holding several important commands, anion;;
them the command of the Fifteenth Army Corps during
1865—66, he wa- mustered out of the volunteer service
January 15, [866, and then was a member of the Board
ol Officers to Recommend Brevet Promotions, lie was
appointed colonel of the Thirty eighth Infantry July 28,
[866, and while on duty in the West was transferred to
the Sixth Infantry, upon the consolidation of regiments
in 1869. He then served at various posts in the West
with that regiment until December 15, 1880, when he
was appointed brigadiei general and chief signal-officer,
and stationed at Washington, D. C, at which place he
died January u>, 1 887.

WHO SERVED IX THE CIVIL WAR.

193

G >LONEL CLEMENT D. HEBB, U.S.M.C.

Colonel Clemeni I >. Hebb was born in Virginia,
but was appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine
Corps of the United Slates, from California, March, [856.
Alter going through his preliminary training at head
quarters, and at the marine barracks .it Philadelphia,
where a large force of marines was always then kept, he
was ordered in command ol the marine guard of the
sloop-of-war " Falmouth," and served in the Brazil foi
three years, During the year [859 he was alia, lied to
the "Preble," of the Paraguay Expedition. After re
turning from the South American Station, Lieutenant
Ilehh served at head- quarters ; at marine barracks, New
York; at marine barracks, Pensacola ; and at head-
quarters again in [860-61. These were trying times, and
people had to declare their sentiments very plainly.
Lieutenant Hebb was ordered, with a detachment of
marines, to occupy Fori Washington, on the Potomac,
to prevent that fort from falling into the hands "l tin
rebels. In fune, 1S61, he was commissioned a first lieu-
tenant, and, after a short term at the marine barracks at
Boston, was ordered to the frigate " Santee," ol the \\ e 1
Gulf Squadron. He was promoted to captain while thus
serving, and, being detached, served at the marine bar-
racks at Norfolk, Virginia, and at Philadelphia. During
a portion of the year [865 he served with the battalion
of marine, at Morris and Folly Islands, South Caro
Una. During 1864 and [865 he was on duty at New
York, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and at Washing
ton; was attached to the flag ship "Colorado," of the
European Squadron, from .April, 1865, to August,
[867.

Captain Hebb was, after this date, in command of the
marine barracks at Washington; the marine liana- I
at Mound City; and again at Washington, 1 1. C. Thence
he went to the marine barracks at Boston, and was trans-
ferred to the 1 011 in land of the marine liar rails at I'elisa-
cola, where he remained from October, [869, to June,

[872. In [872—73 he was stationed al Annapolis, aftei
wards serving in the flag-ship "Pensacola," Pacifii
Squadron. From July, [874, to May, 1880, he com
manded marines at the Marc Island Navy- Yard, Cali-

fi H'lli.l.

Commissioned major 1876. From May, 1880, to
February, 1S.X5, commanded marines at Boston Navy
Yard; commissioned lieutenant-colonel April, 18S0;
commanded marines at navy yard, Portsmouth, New
I [ampshire, 1885, to Augu 1, [889.

Commissioned colonel August, [889, and stationed for
a lew months at League Island, Philadelphia. March
1, [890, appointed to the command of the marine bar-
racks at the navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts.

Colonel Hebb was ordered by the Honorable Secre-
tary of tin Nav) on September 7, [891, to Washington,
I ).('., to command the Marine Corps while the com-
mandant (McCawley) was ick, and until his retirement
and successor was appointed in February, 1 89 1, when
he returned to tin Bo ton Marine Barracks.

■94

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY secular)

CAPTAIN AND BREVET COLONEL HENRY B. HEN-
DERSHOTT, U.S.A. (retired).

Captain and Brevet Colonel Henry 15. Hender-
SHOTT was born at Burlington, Kentucky, May 23, 1824.
I [e was graduated at the United States Military Academy
in the Class of 1 847, and was assigned as a brevet
second lieutenant to the Fifth U.S. Infantry, then serving
in the war with Mexico. Shortly after graduation he
proceeded to join his regiment at the seal of war in the
City ol Mexico; but, owing to a virulent attack of yellow
fever in the Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa, off the coast of
Vera Cruz, he did not reach his command until late in
the fall of 1847. Shortly after joining his regiment he
volunteered his services to act with a large force then
fitting out in the City of Mexico by General Scott to
open up the route between that city and Vera Cruz, which
was then infested by large bands of guerillas under the
noted guerilla chief Padre Jurata. He served with dis-
tinction, and was highly commended by his commanding
officer, General Daniel Ruggles, fifth Infantry, for his
services on this occasion. On his return from Vera Cruz
he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant in the
Second U. S. Infantry, and served creditably with this
regiment until the close of the war. Immediately after
this war, his regiment being ordered t<> California, he
accompanied it to its destination, arriving at San Fran-
cisco on July 9, 1849, after a long and disastrous voyage
of six months, via Cape Plorn. On his arrival in Cali-
fornia he was ordered with his company to cantonment
Par-West, in the foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada, in the
northern part of California. Whilst at this station he
performed, in addition to the duties of company com-
mander, all the staff duties incidental to a post command.
While at Par- West he took an active part in numerous
engagements with hostile Indians in the Sierra Nevada

Mountains. On June 30, 1850, he was promoted to a
first lieutenancy in his regiment, and joined his com-
mand, then on the Great Colorado Desert, en route to the
junction of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. Here, again,
in addition to his line command, he performed those of
staff duties, and selected, with the approval of the com-
manding officer, General (then major) Samuel P. Heintzel-
man, the present site of Port Yuma. He served three
years at Yuma, and during this time was an active par-
ticipant in many engagements against hostile Indians,
notably the Yumas, Cocopas, Mohaves, etc. His ser-
vices at this station were most arduous, and owing to
these and exposure in tents to the heat of this exces-
sively hot climate for nearly three years, frequently with
an inadequate supply of provisions, his health was com-
pletely broken down. In the winter of 1854 he was
ordered, with the officers of his regiment, to the Atlantic
sea-board, to recruit his regiment. After three months'
recruiting service, we find him again in active field ser-
vice at Ports Ridgely and Randall, then in the Indian
country.

In the spring and summer of 1859 he served in a
campaign on the plains with W. T. Sherman's battery
against hostile Sioux Indians ; and in the winter of that
year was ordered with his company to Fort Leaven-
worth, making an overland march of nearly six hundred
and fifty miles.

It was while stationed at Leavenworth that he was
transferred to the Second U. S. Artillery, and for the
first time, in nearly fifteen years of hard service, availed
himself of his first leave of absence. It was on his
return from this leave, to join Barry's battery at Leav-
enworth, that he sustained at Hannibal, Missouri, serious
and painful external and internal injuries. He was taken
from there to Jefferson Barracks, and after a painful and
lingering confinement of nearly two years to his post
and quarters, again resumed such duties as he was able
to perform, viz. : Chief commissary Department of the
West, on the staff of General Fremont; superintendent
of the recruiting service for the State of Iowa, and duty
in the office of the provost-marshal general.

Believing that his usefulness as an officer for active
field service had gone by, he reluctantly went upon the
retired list near the close of the war; but continued to
perform such duties as his health and condition would
permit, until 1 870, when, by a general order, all retired
officers were relieved from duty.

He was successively brevetted a major, lieutenant-
colonel, and colonel for faithful service during the war
of the Rebellion. He was also appointed Register of the
Virginia Land Office.

By the advice of his medical officer he took up his
residence at Aiken, South Carolina, where he now re-
sides, in very feeble health.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

195

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AND BREVET COLONEL
GUY V. HENRY, U.S.A.

Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Guy V.
Henry was born at Fort Smith, Indian Territory, March
9, 1839. lie was graduated at the U.S. Military Acad-
emy in the Class of 1861, at the breaking out of the war
of the Rebellion, and assigned as a second lieutenant to
the First LT. S. Artillery. He served with distinction in
that regiment until made colonel of the Fortieth .Mas-
sachusetts Infantry, in the fall of 1863, and continued
throughout the war with that command.

The attention of the commanding general was called
"to the gallant and distinguished services of Firsl
Lieutenant Guy Y. Henry" in the battle of Pocotaligo,
South Carolina, October 22, 1862, and again to the
advance led by Colonel Henry, of the Fortieth Massa-
chusetts Infantry, into Florida, in 1864, in the following
words by General Seymour: "I cannot commend too
highly the brilliant success of this advance, for which
great credit is due Colonel Henry and his command,
and 1 earnestly recommend him to your [General Gill-
mo re's] attentii >n as a most deserving and energetic officer."
General Seymour again complimented < !olonel I [enry,
in his report on the battle of Olustee, as follows:
"Colonel Henry kept his cavalry in constant activity,
watching and neutralizing that of the enemy, and by
important and gallant services before and after, as well
as during the battle, was eminently useful. I desire to
recommend him to you [General Gillmore] as a highly
deserving officer."

At the close of the war, when Colonel Henry was
mustered out of the volunteer service, he was brevetted
a colonel in the regular army, and had the honor con-
ferred upon him of being made a brevet brigadier-general
of volunteers.

Since the war Colonel Henry has had various posi-
tions of trust assigned him in the Indian country west "I
the Missouri River, and was transferred to the Third
U.S. Cavalry in 1870, reaching the grade of major of the
Ninth Cavalry in 1 88 1. While in the cavalry service
he has not only endured hard campaign duty, but has
met with some sad misfortunes while in the performance
of it. He has been engaged with different tribes of
Indians in Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska, anil
Dakota; and in the expedition to the Black Hills in the
winter of 1874 and 1875 he, with his command, was
badly frozen. Notwithstanding this misfortune, Colonel
Henry is found again with his command in the Big
Horn and Yellowstone expedition of 1876, where he was
severely wounded through the face, losing the use of
his left eye, in the battle of Rosebud Creek, Montana.
He is honorably mentioned in General Orders by
General Crook for this affair, and as "carrying on his
person honorable marks of distinction in the severe

wound he received at the hands of the enemy." Before
thoroughly recovering from his wounds, he is found
commanding a battalion in the capture of Crazy Horse
Village of Sioux Indians in 1877.

After these arduous duties, and being much broken
in health, Colonel Henry was granted leave of absence,
and made an extended tour through Europe, returning
in time, however, to take part in the White River expe-
dition from September to December, 1879. In the winter
of 1890 he commanded the Ninth Cavalry in the Sioux
Indian troubles at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.

In addition to his extensive field service. Colonel
Henry was an instructor at the Fort Monroe Artillery
School from 1867 to 1869; was a member of an artillery
board to witness experiments with heavy guns at Fort
Delaware in 1868; a member of a board of officers to
determine and fix the cavalry accoutrements, equipments,
and supplies at Fort Leavenworth in 1874; and member
of a board of officers to determine and fix on cavalry
accoutrements, equipments, and supplies at Washington
in fuly, 18S2. 1 le also occupied important staff positions
during and since the war.

Colonel Henry is a son of Major William Seaton
Henry, Third U. S. Infantry, and grandson of Daniel
D. Tompkins, who was twice Governor of New York
and Vice-President of the United States; also of Smith
Thompson, who was Secretary of the Navy and Judge
of the Supreme Court.

Colonel Henry has furnished the profession with the
following military works: " Records of Civilian Appoint-
ments U.S. Army," "Army Catechism for Non-Commis-
sioned Officers and Soldiers," pamphlet on " Target
Practice," and " Practical Information for Non-Commis-
sioned Officers on Field Duty." He was promoted lieu-
tenant-colonel Seventh Cavalry January 30, 1892, and
is in command at Fort Myer, Virginia.

196

OFFICERS OF THE ARJfV AXD NA1T [regular)

MAJOR JAMES HENTON, U.S.A.

Major James Henton (Twenty-third Infantry) was
born in Liverpool, England, February 2, [835. He
enlisted in the Sixth U. S. Infantry November 22, [853,
and served at Jefferson Barracks and Fort Riley, Kansas,
until August, 1S54, when he marched with his company
to Fort Laramie, then in Nebraska Territory reaching
that post in the subsequent ( >ctober, where he remained
until June 2j, 1857. During this period he took part in
several expeditions, under General Harney, against the
Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, lie participated in the
expedition against the Cheyennes, under Colonel E. V.
Sumner, and was engaged in the action at Solomon's
Fork July 29, 1857. On the breaking up of this expe-
dition he accompanied several companies of his regiment
to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and did duty in that \ icinity
as posse comitates during the political disturbances of that
period, until April, [858, when he left that post with his
entire regiment as part of the Mormon expedition, under
General Albeit Sidney Johnston. In August, 1858, when
this expedition was over, he marched with his regiment
overland to Benicia Barracks, California, reaching the
destination about the 6th of the following November,
and on the 22d of the latter month he received his
discharge for expiration of term of service, having been
previously promoted corporal, sergeant, and first sergeant.

He re-enlisted at Newport Barracks, Kentucky, and
became a lance-sergeant of the Permanent Party. In
December, [860, he was detached and placed in charge
of a recruiting rendezvous at St. Louis, Missouri, under
First Lieutenant J. D. O'Connell, Second Infantry. In
September, 1 861, he was transferred and made first ser-
geant of Company A, Second Battalion, Fourteenth In-
fantry, at Fort Trumbull. The regiment was transferred to
Perryville, Man-land, soon afterwards, and while there
he was appointed second lieutnant hum < >ctobei'5, [861.

In March, 1862, Lieutenant Henton, with his regiment,

proceeded to Washington, D. C, and formed part of the
Army of the Potomac, participating in the campaigns of
that army until August, 1863, being engaged in the siege
of Yorktown, and in the battles of Gaines' Mill, Mal-
vern Hill, second Bull Run, Antietam, Snicker's Gap,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.

From September, 1863, to March, 1865, he was de-
tached on recruiting service, but rejoining his regiment at
tin latter date, in the field, he participated in the operatii >ns
terminating with the surrender of General Lee, and at
the close of the war was brevetted captain " for gallant
and meritorious conduct at the battle of Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania."

After a short tour of duty as provost guard in the
city of Richmond, the regiment was concentrated at
Hart Island, New York, preparatory to moving to the
Pacific coast. While at this station Lieutenant Henton
was appointed adjutant of the Second Battalion of the
Fourteenth Infantry, and in that capacity proceeded, on
the [6th oi August, 1865, to San Francisco, California,
via the Isthmus of Panama, reaching the former place on
the 9th of the following September, but was transferred
to Port Vancouver, Washington, at which post he per-
formed the duties of adjutant until promoted captain,
November 4, 1865, but did not join his company until
March, 1866, at which time he was relieved as adjutant,
and took station at Fort Cape Disappointment, but soon
afterwards was ordered to Port Boise, Idaho. Dur-
ing the year [866 the Second Battalion of the Four-
teenth Infantry became, under the reorganization law,
the Twenty-third Infantry.

In October, 1866, Captain Henton's station was changed
to Camp Warner, Oregon, at which point some field ser-
vice was had, under General Crook, against the Piute and
other Indians. He was then transferred to Arizona with
his company in June, 1872, but was detailed on recruiting
service in New York City* from January, 1873, to ( )ctober,
[874. Rejoining his company at Fort Omaha in April,
1875, then moving to Fort Dodge, Kansas, he served there
and at Port Hays and Fort Supply to 1880. In May of
this year he participated in General Mackenzie's expe-
dition against the Ute Indians.

After serving at Uncompahgre Cantonment, and at
Port Union, New Mexico, Captain Henton was trans-
ferred with his regiment to Michigan in 18S4, and he
took station at Fort Brady, where he was in command
until May, 180,0, when the regiment was transferred to
Texas, the captain being ordered to Fort Davis, reaching
that place May [4, 1890.

Captain Henton was promoted major January 31,1 89 1 ,
and assigned to the Twenty third Infantry, and in May,
1892, moved therefrom, in command of B and D com-
panies, to Port Bliss, Texas, his present station.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

197

CAPTAIN AND BREVET MAJOR FRANK W. HESS,

U.S.A.

Captain and Brevet Major Frank W. Hess (Third
Artillery) was bom in Fulton Count)-, Pennsylvania,
December 15, 1X36. He was educated in the common
schools of his count}-, at Milnwood Academy in Hunt-
ingdon Count}-, and at Shryock's school in Chambers-
burg, Pennsylvania. He taught school and studied law,
and was thus engaged when the war of the Rebellion
commenced. He joined one of the companies that re-
sponded to the first call for troops as it passed through
the village where he was teaching. On arrival at the
rendezvous men enough had joined, while en route, to
make two companies. Of one he was made captain, and
ordered to duty with General Patterson's column in t he-
valley of Virginia, lie was honorably discharged, with
this company in August, 1861, and re-entered the service
as a lieutenant in the Third Penn. Cavalry in Sept., ami
served with it during the remainder of the war, being
honorably mustered out in Aug, 1865, as its major.

He participated in thirty-eight battles and skirmishes.
(For names of these, see " Powell's Record of Living
Officers.") He was appointed a first lieutenant in the
Eleventh Infantry February 23, 1866, and transferred in
that year to the Twenty-ninth. In 1870 he was trans-
ferred to the artillery arm, and assigned to the Third
Regiment, in which he attained his captaincy in 1886.

lie was stationed in Texas during the reconstruction
period, and served as mayor of the city of Marshall and
military commissioner of Harrison Count)-, and made
decisions in man\- important cases of litigation, perform-
ing the delicate and difficult duties of a civil office so as
to meet the approval of his superiors and gain the friend-
ship of all law-abiding citizens.

Of his services, in the report of the operations of his

brigade at Malvern Hill, General Warren say:

Lieu-

tenant Hess, of the cavalry, reported to me with a pla-
toon, was pushed forward till the enemy's pickets were
reached. Throughout the day he continued to observe
the enemy in front, while the fierce battle was going on
to our right, and rendered most valuable service."

This day was spent under a severe shell-fire from our
own gun-boats in the river, which were attempting to
reach the enemy over the heads of this little command,
in which one man and several horses were killed.

General Averell, reporting the result of a reconnoissance
to and fight at White-Oak-Swamp Bridge, August 5,
1862, says: "I am particularly indebted to Lieutenant
Hess, Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, my acting aide on the
occasion, for his readiness in carrying orders and placing
the squadrons and guns in position."

In a letter to the Secretary of War, General George
G. Meade, commanding Army of the Potomac, says :
" Major Hess served as major of the Third Pennsylvania

Cavalry whilst that regiment was on duty at the head-
quarters of the arm)-. During this period it was fre-
quently called on by me to perform picket, scouting, and
other duties, giving me an opportunity to become per-
sonally acquainted with the manner in which Major
Hess discharged his duties. I take pleasure in stating
that he was active, intelligent, and faithful, and recom-
mend him for appointment in the regular army."

General George P. Buell, on the 10th of August, 1868,
in a letter to the War Department, says of him : " He is
one of the most efficient officers of the regriment of Food
education, zealous in discharge of his duty, proud of his
profession, and deeply attached to his country."

Lieutenant-Colonel Owen, who commanded the Third
Pennsylvania Cavalry in the Antietam campaign, in a
letter to the adjutant-general, said : "Captain Hess dis-
tinguished himself by his sound judgment and personal
bravery, and at all times by his fidelity to the interests of
the service. At Antietam, when Hooker was wounded
and his command repulsed, Captain Hess was one of the
last to leave the field, and principally through his exer-
tions a section of artillery was removed when the enemy
were within a few yards of it."

General J. B. Mcintosh says, in an official paper: "I
can testify to his gallant conduct in every action in which
his regiment was engaged."

General A. S. Webb said, October 31, 1868, to the
adjutant-general of the army: "Major Hess, when on
duty with his regiment at head-quarters of the Army of
the Potomac, was specially commended by Major-Gen-
eral Meade, commanding that army, and by myself as
chief of staff, for distinguished gallantry, enterprise, and
zeal in opening communications between corps in the
vicinity of Hatcher's Run. General Meade will sanction
this use of his name, since this was not the only occasion
on which Major Hess distinguished himself."

198

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular,

COLONEL-COMMANDANT CHARLES HEYWOOD,
U.S.M.C.

Colonel-Commandant Charles Heyvvood was burn
in Maine, [839; appointed from New York, April, 1858.
At the marine barracks, at Washington, and at Brook-
lyn, during that year, and served in the quarantine
riots at Staten Island. On special duty in " Niagara,"
and in "St. Louis," of Home Squadron, looking after
the filibusters, under Walker. Invalided from Aspin-
wall, January, i860. Afterwards ordered to sloop-of-
war "Cumberland," flag-ship "I Squadron of Observa-
tion, at Vera Cruz. In March, [861, the "Cumberland"
returned to Hampton Km. ids, and there at the time of
the destruction of the Norfolk Navy- Yard. Heywood
was promoted to first lieutenant May, 1861 ; landed with
marines at Hatteras Inlet, ami present at the capture of
Forts Clark and 1 latter. is.

Promoted to captain in the Marine Corps November,
1S61 ; on a number of boat expeditions in the lames
River during winter of 1861-62; was on board the
" Cumberland" during the fight with the ram " Merri-
mac" and consorts, March 8, 1862, and most favorably
mentioned for gallant conduct. For some time alter this
Captain Heywood was actively employed, both on shore
and in the search for the "Alabama," and then applied
for duty on board the flag ship "Hartford," and was
ordered as licet marine offii 1 r of West Gulf Squadron;
served with the marines on shore, at Pensacola. On
board the " Hartford" at the battle of Mobile Bay. Had
command of two nine inch guns, and was favorably
mentioned.

Commanded Fort Powell, after its capture; marine
barracks, Brooklyn, and Recruiting Rendezvous Phila-
delphia, [865 ; brevi ts of major and lieutenant-colonel for
distinguished gallantry in the presence of the enemy.

Ordered to command of marine barracks, navy-yard,
Washington, 1865 ; fleet marine officer under Admiral
Farragut, European Station, 1867; command of marine
barracks at Washington, and at Norfolk; and fleet
marine officer of the North Atlantic Squadron. In Jan-
uary, 1X74, was attached to the flag-ship "Wabash,"
and commanded the marines during all the shore drills
carried on by the navy at Key West and elsewhere.
Was attached to the marine barracks at Brooklyn, when,
in June, 1874, he was ordered to New Orleans to report
to Admiral Mullany, as fleet marine officer of the North
Atlantic Station; was attached to that admiral's staff
during the troubles of that year in New Orleans. After
serving in the "Worcester" and the "Hartford," was
detached, and again ordered to Brooklyn Barracks, in
September, [876.

In November, 1876, he attained the substantive rank
of major, to which he had been brcvetted more than
ten years before, and ordered to command the marine
barracks at Washington. In July and August, 1877,
had command of a battalion of marines at Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and at Reading, Pennsylvania, during the
very serious labor riots of that summer. Honorably
mentioned by General Hancock, who was in general
command. The state of the battalion for efficiency,
neatness, and general soldierly bearing was commented
upon by all who were capable of judging of such
matters. Colonel and Medical Director Cinder, of the
Division of the Atlantic, in his official report, com-
mended their condition in every respect, in spite of the
hard duty they had suddenly imposed upon them. He
said, " It is quite remarkable that men performing such
service are able to keep themselves and their arms, etc.,
so clean." "The officers evidently take pride in looking
after the health and comfort of the men."

In general orders, General Hancock, who knew what
a soldier should be, bore testimony to this battalion's
" soldierly bearing, excellent discipline, and devotion to
duty" during a veiy trying time, and especially men-
tioned " Major Charles Heywood, of the marines." In
[880 Major Heywood went to the marine barracks at
Mare Island, and returned to the command of the
Brooklyn Barracks in 1883. In 1 885, by telegraphic
order, and within twenty-four hours, equipped two hun-
dred and fifty men to go to Panama, to open the transit,
and protect American lives and property. After reach-
ing the Isthmus Colonel Heywood was reinforced, and
had under his command nearly eight hundred marines,
and a strong detachment of sailors, with artillery. For
the arduous service there the admiral commanding asked
1 olonel Heywood to "receive his grateful acknowledg-
ments."

Colonel Heyw 1 is now the commandant of the

Marine Corps of the L nited States.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

199

MAJOR JOHN HENLEY HIGBEE, U.S.M.C.

Major John Henlev Higbee was born in New York
( itv September 1 I, 1839. He is the son of the late Rev.
Dr. Edward Y. Higbee, of Trinity Church, New York.
On his mother's side he is descended from the Henley
and Dandridge families of Virginia. Leonard Henley,
Major Higbee's great-grandfather, married Elizabeth
Dandridge, the sister of Martha Washington. Commo-
dore John Dandridge Henley, U. S. Navy, grandfather of
Major Higbee, and nephew of Mrs. Washington, received
his warrant as midshipman from the hands of General
Washington himself.

Major Higbee's grandaunt, Mis. Francis Dandridge
Lear, a niece of Mis. Washington, married Colonel Lear,
military secretary of General Washington, and lived for
many years with General and Mrs. Washington at
Mount Vernon. Major Higbee entered the Marine
Corps as second lieutenant March 9, 1861. In June of
the same year he was ordered to the LT. S. S. "Vin-
cennes," West Gulf Blockading Squadron. lie was com-
missioned as first lieutenant September 1, 1861. While
attached to the " Vincennes," he was sent upon a number
of expeditions up the Blackwater River, Florida, in com-
pany with detachments of the army. Joined the U. S. S.
flag-ship " I Iartford," Admiral Farragut, September, 1862.
Took part in the battles of Port Hudson, Vicksburg,
Warrenton, and Grand Gulf, March 14, 19, 21, 23, and
28, 1863; bombardment of Port Hudson Ma}- 27, [863,
and was present at the surrender of the latter place ;
was brevetted captain for 'gallantry in battle May 25,
1863.

During the month of April, 1 863, while the " Hartford"
was blockading the mouth of the Red River, First Lieu-
tenant Higbee was selected by Admiral Farragut to per-
form picket duty. The admiral expected a night attack
by the rebel ram fleet, then at Alexandria, and after dark
Lieutenant Higbee was sent, every other night, about
three miles up river in a canoe paddled by two contra-
bands. He was provided with rockets to signal the
" Hartford" in case of any movement on the part of the
rebel fleet. In going up river, Lieutenant Higbee was
obliged to pass close to a rebel picket, making the duty
extremely hazardous. Lieutenant-Colonel Broome, then

Captain Broome, at the time in command of the marines
of Admiral Farragut's fleet, states as follows: " I know
there was no individual service rendered by any one
moie gallant and hazardous during the war of the Re-
bellion."

Lieutenant Higbee was ordered to marine barracks,
New York, August, 1S63. Commissioned captain June
IO, 1S64. Receiving-ship " North Carolina," 1864; ma-
rine barracks, Norfolk, Virginia, 1865; flag-ship "New
Hampshire," 1S65-66; marine barracks, New York,
1866;. marine recruiting rendezvous, 1866-68; marine
barracks, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1868-69; marine-
barracks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1869; fleet marine-
officer, Pacific Station, 1870-73; marine barracks, Mare-
Island, California, 1S71; marine barracks, Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, 1873—78; fleet marine-officer, Asiatic
Station, 1878-81 ; marine barracks, Boston, Massachu-
setts, 1881-82; marine barracks, navy-yard, Washing-
ton, D. C, 1883-86; commanded Second Battalion of
marines on Isthmus of Panama, April, 1S85 ; marine
barracks, Norfolk, Virginia, 1886; marine barracks,
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 18S8-92 ; commissioned
as major 1 8th of August, 1 889. At present, March,
1892, commanding marine barracks, Portsmouth, New
Hampshire.

20O

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN WILLIAM HOFFMAN, U.S.A.

Captain William Hoffman was bom in Maine Feb-
ruary [8, 1839. An a soldier, he graduated on the
battle-field in that distinguished and well-remembered
regiment, the Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry (Dur-
yea's Zouaves). lie enlisted in the New York State
service April 23, 1861, and was mustered into the United
States service as sergeant, Company G, May 9, [861.

He participated in the affair of Big Bethel, the affair at
Pamunkey Bridge, the battles of Hanover Court-] louse,
Gaines' Mill, White Oak Swamp, Charles City Cross-
Roads, and Malvern Hill.

He was appointed second lieutenant, Fifth New York-
Volunteer Infantry, July 26, [862, "for gallant and meri-
torious conduct upon the field of battle.''

He participated in the battle of Manassas Plains (sec-
ond Bull Run), where lie received three severe rifle-ball
wounds, — one through the left arm, grazing the bone;
cmc under left shoulder-blade, glancing on ribs; and one
through the fleshy portion of right thigh ; and in this same

battle his brother Edward was killed beside him (see
" Rebellion Records," Series I., Vol. II., Part II., page 504).

lie was promoted to first lieutenant, Fifth New York
Volunteer Infantry, September 24, 1862, " for gallant ser-
vices upon the field of battle.''

He rejoined his regiment in ten weeks, and before his
wounds were healed.

lie participated in the battle of Fredericksburg; was
promoted to captain, Company B, Fifth New York Vol-
unteer Infantry, January 23, 1863; participated in the
battle of Chancellorsville ; and was mustered out with
regiment, at expiration of term of service, May 14, 1863.

I le was ever at the post of duty and danger with this
1 elebrated regiment, and he still bears an enviable repu-
tation among the few survivors of the brave comrades
of those days.

As soon as he was mustered out he began recruitiner
in New York City, and raised Battery B, Thirteenth New
York Artillery, and was mustered into the Lnited States
service as its captain August 29, 1863. He served about
two years with this company in the defences of Ports-
mouth, Virginia, and participated in a successful raid
upon Murphree's Station, Virginia. He commanded the
infantry column of the expedition, numbering about three
hundred men.

He did valuable service as chief of the military police
at Norfolk", Virginia; and commanded Forts Reno and
Cushing in the defences of Portsmouth, — about one year
in each case.

About August 1, 1865, he took station at Washington,
D. C, and was placed in command of Fort De Russy.

He was mustered out with his regiment, near New
York City, August 24, 1865.

Upon his personal application alone, he was appointed
second lieutenant, Eleventh LT. S. Infantry, .May 1 1, 1866.
lie was transferred to Twenty-ninth Infantry September
21, [866, anil promoted first lieutenant June 25, 1S67;
transferred to Eleventh Infantry April 25, 1869, and pro-
moted captain April 24, 1S86.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

20 1

BRIGADIER-GENERAL SAMUEL B. HOLABIRD, U.S.A.
(retired).

Brigadier-General Samuel B. Holabird was born
in Connecticut June \(\ iSjCi, and graduated from the
Military Academy July 1, 1849. He was promoted brevet

second lieutenant First Infantry the same day, and second
lieutenant June 10, 1850. He served on frontier duty,
and was regimental quartermaster from July I, 1852, to
May 31, 1858. He was then detailed on recruiting ser-
vice for two years, when lie was ordered to the Military
Academy, and was adjutant thereof from September 2,
185^, to May 13, 1861. Me was promoted first lieutenant
May 31, 1855. On May 13, 1 861, he was appointed cap-
tain and assistant quartermaster; Jul}' 2, 1862, appointed
major and additional aide-de-camp, and Jul}- 11, 1862,
colonel and additional aide-de-camp. He was lieutenant-
colonel of volunteers and inspector-general of General
Dix's division (First Division of New York Volunteers),
May [-13, 1 86 1.

General Holabird served during the war of the Rebel-
linn as quartermaster at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from
May 29 to June 10, [861 ; in the field, at Hagerstown,
Maryland, with Patterson's columns, to August 13, 1861 ;
at Frederick, Maryland, to March 31, 1862; chief quar-
termaster of the division commanded by Major-General
Banks to June, 1862 ; chief quartermaster Second Army
Corps, under General Pope, to October, 1862, partici-
pating in the campaign of Northern Virginia and the
subsequent Maryland campaign. He was then assigned
to duty in New York City, engaged in fitting out the
Banks Expedition, which he accompanied to Ship Island,
Mississippi, ami was then made chief quartermaster of
the Department of the Gulf, which he retained until
July, 1S65, participating in the mean time in the siege of
Port I Iudson, Louisiana. He was then made depot quar-
termaster at New Orleans, and subsequently chief quar-
termaster of the Department of Louisiana, until March,
1866. He was honorably mustered out of the volunteer
service May 31, 1866, and on the 29th of July of that
year he was appointed lieutenant-colonel and deputy
quartermaster-general, and ordered to Washington, D.C.

General Holabird was brevetted major, lieutenant-colo-
nel, and brigadier-general March 13, 1865, for " faithful
and meritorious services during the war."

He was relieved from duty in Washington in Feb-
ruary, 1867, and assigned as chief quartermaster of the
Department of Dakota, where he remained until April
1 8, 1872, and was then transferred as chief quarter-
master of the Department of Texas to August 15, 1875.
On October 31, 1875, he was chief quartermaster of the
Military Division of the Missouri, and on May 6, 1878,
became chief quartermaster of the Military Division of
the Pacific and Department of California, serving at San
Francisco to October 15, 1879, when he was ordered once
more to Washington, D. C, and placed on duty in the
quartermaster-general's office. He was promoted colo-
nel and assistant quartermaster-general January 22, 1881.

On being relieved from duty in Washington April 30,
18S2, he was placed in charge of the general depot of
the Quartermaster's Department at Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, which he retained until July 2, 1883, when the
President appointed him quartermaster-general, with the
rank of brigadier-general, and he was ordered to Wash-
ington, where he remained on duty until retired, by oper-
ation of law, June 16, 1890.

General Holabird was ever alert to the needs of the
army, and while occupying the position of quartermaster-
general introduced many reforms to improve the condi-
tion of the enlisted men, supplying them with comforts
and conveniences which soldiers could scarcely have
dreamed of a quarter of a century before.

202

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular;

COMMANDER EDWARD HOOKER, U.S.N.
(retired).

Commander Edward Hooker was born in Connec-
ticut in [822, and bred to the sea in the merchant marine,
commanding a ship when twenty-three years old. One of
the earliest volunteers for the naval service in the Civil
War, he was appointed acting master in July, i86t. His
first service was in the gun-boat " Louisiana," and, while
attached to that vessel, he was severely wounded during
a boat expedition October 5, 1861. He was the first
officer of his grade wounded during the war, and, as years
roll round, these wounds are causing him serious incon-
venience.

He took an active part in the Burnside Expedition
while in the "Louisiana." At New Berne that vessel
fired the fust and last shut of the action. Soon after
the capture of New Berne he became the executive-
officer of the "Louisiana." At the time of the Con-
federate attack upon Washington, North Carolina, in
September, 1S62, the ship was fought by Commander
Hooker, in the absence of the commanding officer,
in a manner which caused high commendation from
commanding officers of our own forces. The Con-
federate view of the matter we can give from the Raleigh
Standard, although space requires us to condense the
article. The paper speaks of the affair as "disgraceful"
to some concerned on the Confederate side. " It is said
that we lost three hundred, killed and wounded, among
them four captains. Our forces held the town about two
hours, but were forced to retire by the Yankee gun-boat
'Louisiana.' . . . Our forces engaged consisted of the
Seventeenth and Fifty-fifth North Carolina Regiments,
two artillery companies, ami six companies of cavalry,
amounting to some three thousand altogether. . . . Were

it not for the gun-boat the Union garrison would have
been captured," for the town was surprised at daybreak,
the fortifications captured, and the guns turned on the
garrison. The rapidity and accuracy of fire of the
" Louisiana" drove the Confederates off, after they were
in full possession.

for gallantry on this occasion, Commander Hooker
was made acting volunteer lieutenant, to date from the
day of the action, lie was then ordered to a command
in the blockade off Wilmington, and soon after to the
command of a division of the Potomac Flotilla, in which
command he continued until the end of the war. In
[864 he was ordered, with his division, to co-operate
with General Grant's army, and to clear the Rappahan-
nock River, so that transports could reach Fredericks-
burg. This duty he performed, and he remained at
Fredericksburg until it was evacuated by our forces.
llis ship being then in urgent need of repairs, Com-
mander Hooker was sent by Commander Foxhall
Parker, commanding the flotilla, to the Washington
Navy- Yard, being then promoted to acting volunteer
lieutenant-commander.

After the war closed he was at the New York Navy-
Yard. He then took the store-ship " Idaho" to the
Asiatic Squadron, and while there was transferred from
the volunteer to the regular navy list. Commissioned
lieutenant March, 1868, and lieutenant-commander De-
cember, 1868. He was, after this, captain of the yard at
League Island, assistant light-house inspector, and other
duties, until in February, 1884, while on duty at the Naval
Home, at Philadelphia, he was promoted to commander.
In December of that year he was placed upon the retired
list by operation of law. Since then he has resided in
Brooklyn, New York.

Commander Hooker is a lineal descendant of the
Reverend Thomas Hooker, who founded the colony of
Connecticut and the present city of Hartford, in 1636.
lie is also descended from the first mayor of the city ol
New York. Ilis grandfather was a colonel of the Revo-
lutionary War, and his grandmother was a daughter of
Major Griswold, a noted cavalry officer in the French
War. His father was a graduate of Yale, and, after a
connection with Columbia College, Smith Carolina, de-
voted his life to scientific farming and to literature, in
Connecticut.

Commander Hooker is a Companion of the Loyal
Legion, member of Rankin Post, No. 10, Grand Army,
Connecticut Society of Sons of the Revolution, the
Brooklyn New England Society, Brooklyn Library Asso-
ciation, Long Island Historical Society, and Rhode
Island Marine Society, and honorary member of other
societies; a member of Aurora Grata Club, Brooklyn,
and an active member of the Brooklyn Association of
Masonic Veterans.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

203

BRIGADIER- AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH
HOOKER, U.S.A. (deceased).

Brigadier- and Brevet Major-General Joseph
Hooker was born in Massachusetts and graduated from
the Military Academy July I, 1837. He was promoted
second lieutenant of the First .Artillery the same day,
and first lieutenant November 1, 1S38. He served in the
Florida War of 1837—38, and then was on the Maine
frontier at Houlton, pending disputed territory contro-
versy in 1838 ; and afterwards, during the Canada border
disturbances, at Swanton, Vermont, and Rouse's Point,
lasting until 1840. After a short tour in garrison at Fort
Columbus, he was adjutant of the Military Academy
from July 1 to October 3, 1841. He was adjutant of the
First Artillery from September 11, 1 841, to May 11,1 846.

He participated in the war with Mexico on the staff of
Brigadier-General P. F. Smith, and of Brigadier-General
liarmar, in 1846, and aide-de-camp to Major-General
Butler in 1847, and as assistant adjutant-general of
Major-General Pillow's division in 1847-48, being en-
gaged in the battle of Monterey; defence of the convoy
at the National Bridge; skirmish of La Hoya; battles
of Contreras and Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and
storming of Chapultepec, for which he was brevetted cap-
tain, major, and lieutenant-colonel. He was appointed
brevet captain of staff (assistant adjutant-general) March
3, 1847, and was assistant adjutant-general of the Sixth
Military Department from September 13 to October 2.S,
184S; and of the Pacific Division June 9, 1849, to
November 24, 1851. lie was promoted captain of the
First Artillery October 29, 1848, which he vacated. He
was on leave of absence in 1851—53, and resigned from
the army February 21, 1853.

Upon leaving the arm}- Colonel Hooker went to farm-
ing near Sonoma, California ; was superintendent of
military roads in Oregon in 1 85 8-59, and colonel of
California militia in 1859-61. At the commencement of
the war of the Rebellion lie tendered his services to the
government and was appointed brigadier-general of vol-
unteers May 17, 1 86 1. He served in the defences of
Washington City, and in guarding the Lower Potomac
to March io, 1862, when he commanded a division in
the Peninsula campaign with the Army of the Potomac.
He was appointed major-general of volunteers May 5,
1862, and was engaged in the siege of Yorktown ; bat-
tles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks; combat on the
Williamsburg Road ; battles of Glendale, Malvern Hill,
and reoccupation and action of the same place August
5, 1862. He commanded a division in the Northern
Virginia campaign, and was engaged in the action of
Bristoe Station ; battles of second Bull Run and Chan-
tilly. He commanded the First Army Corps in the
Maryland campaign, and was engaged in the battles of
South Mountain and Antietam, where he was severely

wounded, and was, in consequence, on sick-leave to
November 10, 1862, when he rejoined the army, and was
in command of the Fifth Corps to November 16; of the
Centre Grand Division (Third and Fifth Corps) to Janu-
ary 26, 1863, and then of the Army of the Potomac,
being engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg, action at
Kelly's Ford, and battle of Chancellorsville ; and then in
pursuit of the enemy to Pennsylvania, to June 28, 1863,
when he relinquished command of the army, which had
been engaged in the action of Brandy Station and skir-
mishes at Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville.

General Hooker received the thanks of Congress,
January 28, 1864, " for the skill, energy, and endurance
which first covered Washington and Baltimore from the
meditated blow of the advancing and powerful army of
rebels led by General Robert E. Lee," and was appointed
brigadier-general U. S. Army September 20, 1862.

From June 28 to September 24, 1863, General Hooker
was on waiting orders at Baltimore, Maryland, and was
then assigned to command the Eleventh and Twelfth
Army Corps (consolidated afterwards into the Twentieth
Corps), and participated in the operations of the Western
army, being engaged in all the actions of that army from
Chattanooga to the siege of Atlanta, in July, 1S64. He-
was then placed on waiting-orders until the following
September, when he was assigned to the command of the
Northern Department. He was brevetted major-general
U. S. Army, for " gallant and meritorious services at the
battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee."

General Hooker was assigned to the command of the
Department of the East July 8, 1865, and was then given
the Department of the Lakes, where, after being mus-
tered out of the volunteer service September 1, 1866, he
remained to 1867, and he was retired upon the full rank
of major-general U. S. Army October 15, 1868. He died
at Garden City, Long Island, October 31, 1879.

204

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)

MEDICAL DIRECTOR PHINEAS J. HoRWITZ. U.S.N.
(retired).

Medical Director Phineas J. Horwitz was born in
Maryland in March, 1S2J, and graduated in medicine at
the University of Maryland in March, [845. Appointed
assistant surgeon in the navy November, 1S47, and as-
signed to duty in the Gulf Squadron, then operating against
Mexico. Dr. Horwitz was at once placet! in charge of
the Naval Hospital at Tabasco, and remained there until
the close of the war. This duty was performed so ener-
getically and efficiently as to receive the personal com-
mendation and thanks of the commander-in-chief, Com-
modore M. C. Perry. Dr. Horwitz then made a cruise
in the Mediterranean in the "Constitution," and was then
ordered to the .store-ship " Relief," bound to the Brazil
Station. In January, 1853, he was examined and passed
for promotion, and was then assigned to the steamer
" Princeton," in which he served for two years. lie next

served in the store-ship " Supply," on the African and
Brazil Stations. Upon his return to the United States,
in 1859, he was offered the position of assistant to the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department,
which office he held until he was appointed* chief of the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Jul)' 1, 1865. This
position he retained until his term of service expired,
Jul}- 1, 1S69. Dr. Horwitz was promoted to surgeon on
April 19, 1861, but his services in the bureau were con-
sidered so important that he was not permitted to vacate
his appointment as assistant, and Congress, in acknowl-
edgment of the immense amount of work he was per-
forming, voted to give him the highest shore-pay of his
grade. During the entire period of the war of the Re-
bellion the labor of the bureau fell almost wholly upon
Dr. Horwitz, and his was the only bureau in which the
clerical force was not increased. The whole system of
tabulating the casualties of the war, of indexing books
of reference, reports of survey, certificates of disability
and of diseases, was designed and carried forward by
Dr. Horwitz, so that there was probably no case of injury,
disease, or disability that occurred during his connection
with the bureau that will not be found in its appropriate
place in the surgeon-general's office. The immense num-
ber of pension cases accruing during the war were all ex-
amined, adjusted, and prepared by him, and every official
letter that left the bureau was written by him. All this
was done without the aid of a single additional writer.'or
clerk. On leaving the bureau, in 1869, Dr. Horwitz was
placed in charge of the Naval Hospital at Philadelphia,
and since that time has been assigned to various duties
at that station. He was promoted to the grade of medi-
cal inspector March 3, 1871, and to that of medical direc-
tor December 19, 1873. Was president of the Examining
Board at Philadelphia, [883-84. Retired in 1884.

* Surgeon-general with the tank of commodore.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

205

MAJOR-GENERAL OLIVER 0. HOWARD, U.S.A.

Major-Genera l Oliver O. Howard was born in
Maine November 8, 1830, and graduated at the Military
Academy Jul)- 1, 1S54. He was appointed a brevet
second lieutenant of ordnance the same da}-, and second
lieutenant February 15, 1S55. He served at various
arsenals until 1856, and was ordered to Florida, where he
participated in hostilities against the Seminole Indians
in 1S57. He was then detailed for duty at the Military
Academy, as assistant professor of mathematics, Septem-
ber 21, 1857, having been promoted first lieutenant July
1, 1857. He resigned his commission in the army June
7, 1 861.

General Howard was appointed colonel of the Third
Maine Volunteers June 4, [861, and served in the de-
fences of Washington, and commanded a brigade in the
Manassas campaign, being engaged in the first battle of
Bull Run, July 21, [861. He was appointed a brigadier-
general of volunteers September 3, 1861, and made a re-
connoissance in the early spring of 1862 from Washing-
ton to the Rappahannock River. He participated in the
Peninsula campaign with the Army of the Potomac, and
was engaged at the siege of York town and battle of Fair
( )aks, June i, 1862, where lie was twice severely wounded,
losing his right arm. He was compelled to leave the field,
and when convalescent devoted himself to raising volun-
teers. Returning to the field about August 27, 1862, he
was engaged in a skirmish near Centreville September
1, following. He participated in the Maryland campaign,
and was engaged in the battle of Antietam, Maryland,
and in the subsequent march to Falmouth and battle of
Fredericksburg, Virginia.

General Howard was appointed major-general of vol-
unteers November 29, 1862, and served, in command of
the Eleventh Army Corps, from April 1, 1863, and was
engaged in the battles of Chancellorsville, Virginia, and
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and in pursuit of the enemy
to Warrenton, Virginia ; then guarding the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad until September, 1863. His corps
was then put en route to Bridgeport, Tennessee, and took
part in the operations about Chattanooga, being engaged
in the action of Lookout Valley, battle of Missionary
Ridge, and expedition for the relief of Knoxville, to
December 17, 1863. He was then in occupation of
Chattanooga to May 3, 1864, and was assigned to the
command of the Fourth Corps April 10, 1864, when the
Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were consolidated to form
the Twentieth. He commanded the Fourth Corps until
July 27, 1864, when he was assigned to the command of
the Army of the Tennessee in the invasion of Georgia.
He was engaged in the operations around Dalton, battle
of Resaca, actions of Adairsville and Cassville, battle
of Dallas, action of Pickett's Mill (May 27, 1864, where
he was wounded), battles and skirmishes about Pine and

Kenesaw Mountains, actions of Smyrna Camp-Ground,
combat of Peach-Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, combat
of Ezra Church, battle of Jonesborough, surrender of
Atlanta ami occupation of the place.

lie pursued the rebels under General Hood into
Alabama, with frequent engagements. He participated
in the " march to the sea," and was engaged in numerous
actions and skirmishes, including the combats and actions
of General Sherman's army to the surrender of General
Johnston, April 26, 1S65.

Genera] Howard was appointed a brigadier-general in
the U.S. Army December 21, 1864, and was brevctted
major-general, U.S.A., March 13, 1865, for " gallant and
meritorious services at the battle of Ezra Church ami
during the campaign against Atlanta, Georgia."

At the conclusion of the war General Howard was
appointed commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, at Washington, D.C.,
May 12, 1865.

He commanded the Department of the Columbia from
Jul)-, 1S74, to 18S0, and was superintendent of the Mili-
tary Academy from June 21, 18S1 , to September 1, 1882,
when he was ordered to the command of the Depart-
ment of the Platte. He was appointed a major-general
in the U. S. Army March 19, 1886, and assigned to the
command of the Military Division of the Pacific, from
which he was relieved, in 1S88, and assigned to the
Military Division of the Atlantic. Divisions having
been discontinued, he now commands the Department
of the East.

General Howard had the degree of A.M. conferred
by Bowdoin College, Maine, in 1853 ; the degree of
LL.D. conferred by Waterville College, Maine, in
1865; the same by Shurtleff College, Illinois, in 1865;
and by Gettysburg Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania,
in 1866.

206

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY A. YD NAVY regular)

CAPTAIN HHNRY L. HOWE, U.S.A.

Captain Henry L. Howe (Seventeenth Infantry) was
born in Massachusetts January 2, 185 1. ' Prior to enter-

ing the volunteer service he was sergeant of Captain
George C. Whitcomb's Company of State Militia of
Minnesota, and participated in operations against Little
Crow's band of hostile Sioux Indians from August 25 to
I October 17, 1862, participating in three engagements
with said Indians.

He entered the volunteer service during the war of the
Rebellion, and was private ami first sergeant of Com-
pany B, Independent Battalion of Minnesota Cavalry,
from July 1, 1863, to June 29, 1864, when he was ap-
pointed second lieutenant of the same battalion, and
promoted first lieutenant July 6, [865.

He was honorably mustered out of the volunteer ser-
vice May 30, 1866, having been appointed second lieu-
tenant in the Seventeenth U. S. Infantry I-'ebruary 23,
1 866.

He joined his regiment at Hart's Island, New York,
anil has served with it at various stations in the several
military departments.

He was promoted first lieutenant July 28, 1 866, and
captain June I, 1S75.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

207

RF.AR-ADMIRAL JOHN C. HOWELL, U.S.N, (retired).

Rear-Admiral John C. Howell was born in Penn-
sylvania November 24, 1S19, coming of people who
had always been distinguished in the colonial and war-
like history of the States of New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania. He was appointed a midshipman from Penn-
sylvania on June 9, 1 836, and made a cruise in the
West Indies in the sloop-of-war " Levant," which ex-
tended to nearly four years. He was promoted to
passed midshipman Jul)' I, 1842, and served on board
the frigate "Congress" in the Mediterranean for two
years. He then went to the East Indies in the brig
" Perry," served in her from 1X44 to 1845, and then was
naval storekeeper at Macao, — the most charming place
in (he East at that period, — from 1845 to 1848. He
became a lieutenant in August, 1849, and made cruises
in the frigate " Raritan," of the Home Squadron, and
sloop "Saratoga," of the East India Squadron, return-
ing home in 1854. After two years' service at the
Philadelphia station he next made a cruise in the Med-
iterranean in the fine steamer " Susquehanna," and again
came back to duty in Philadelphia. When the Civil
War began, Lieutenant Howell was ordered to the
" Minnesota" steam-frigate, and served in her at the
battle of Hatteras Inlet.

He was commissioned as commander in the navy
July 16, 1862, and commanded the steamer " Tahoma,"
of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, in 1862-63. He
was then transferred to the command of the " Nereus,"
of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and in her
was in the two actions at Fort Fisher in December, 1864,
and January, 1865.

He was commissioned as captain July 25, 1866, and
was in charge of recruiting duty at Philadelphia for
two years. He next served as fleet-captain and chief
of staff of the European Squadron from 186910 1871.
Commanded the League Island Station in 1871-72.

Commissioned as commodore January 29, 1872, and
commanded the Portsmouth Navy- Yard until 1875, when
he was made chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks,
in the Navy Department, for the term of four years, —
this being an office subject to the approval of the U. S.
Senate.

He was commissioned as rear-admiral in 1877, and
was in command of the European Station for two years.
He was retired in 18S1, under the operation of law.

208

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular)

CAPTAIN RICHARD L. HOXIE, U.S.A.

Captain Richard L. Hoxie (Corps of Engineers) was
born in New York City August 7, 1S44, in the eighth
generation from Lodovic Hanksie, who settled at Sand-
wich, Massachusetts, in [650, and is the great-grandson
of Lieutenant Pelig Hoxsie, of the First Rhode Island
(Lippitt's) Regiment of the Revolutionary army. His
earl}- education was obtained in the public and private
schools at New York and Pennsylvania, and in Europe,
and at the outbreak of the Civil War he was a student in
the State University of Iowa, at Iowa City. Here he
enlisted in Company F, First Regiment Iowa Volunteer
Cavalry, June 13, 1 861, and marched to regimental ren-
dezvous at Burlington, Iowa, \\ here the regiment was soon
after mustered into the service of the United States. Upi >n
this occasion he was rejected by the mustering officer
because oi the fact that he was only sixteen years of age,
but, continuing to serve with the company, he was mus-
tered in a few months later. He served continuously
with this regiment, which took the field in October, 1861,
in Missouri and Arkansas, up to the taking of Little
Rock, and the subsequent expedition to Camderi in 1S64.
At this time the period of service of the regiment was

about to expire. He was the first soldier to re-enlist in
the regiment as a veteran volunteer, in January, 1S64, and
was followed by about six hundred more, — a very large
proportion of the effecth e strength. I le received honor-
able mention in official correspondence for conduct in
action, and three separate tenders of a commission, — the
latter declined, — and finally an appointment to the Mili-
tary Academy at West Point from the veteran volun-
teers, to accept which he was mustered out of the
volunteer service June io, 1S64. 1 le was graduated from
the Military Academy June 13, [868, and promoted
second lieutenant of Engineers June 15, 1868; served
with the Engineer Battalion at Jefferson Barracks, Mis-
souri, from October I, 1868, to September 5, 1.H70, under
General H. W. Benham ; in charge of construction and
repair of fortifications in Boston harbor, Massachusetts,
from September 5, 1S70, to July 3, 1872 ; promoted to
first lieutenant September 22, 1S70; on explorations and
surveys in the Western Territories from July ^, 1872, to
July 2, 1S74; nominated by President Grant as member
of the Board of Public Works of the District of Colum-
bia, under the Territorial government, in 1S74, and nomi-
nation confirmed by the Senate; detailed as engineer to
the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia
under the act of June 20, 1874, and continuously engaged
upon the public works of the district until August 14,
1SN4 ; promoted to the rank of captain, Corps of Engi-
neers, June 15, 18S2; in charge of various works of
river and harbor improvement and coast defences in the
States ot Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, from August iC,
1SS4, to January 17, 1SS9; member of Engineer Board
on Selma Bridge in 1885 ; since January 17, 1889, has
been in command of Company B, U. S. Engineer Bat-
talion, stationed at Willet's Point, New York harbor, and
instructor in military engineering and in field astronomy
at the post-graduate U. S. Engineer School, at Willet's
Point.

Captain Iloxic is a member of the American Society
of Civil Engineers, of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion, U. S., and of theOrder of Sons of the American
Revolution.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

209

BRIGADIER- AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW
A. HUMPHREYS (deceased).

Brigadier- and Brevet Major-General Andrew A.
Humphreys was born in Pennsylvania, and graduated
from the Military Academy July I, [831, and was as-
signed as brevet second lieutenant Second Artillery, and
promoted second lieutenant the same date.

lie was on duty at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina,
in 1 83 1, and on special duty, making drawings at the
Military Academy, from January 5 to April 18, 1832 ; in
the Cherokee Nation 1832-33, and in garrison at Au-
gusta Arsenal, Georgia, 1833; at Fort Marion, Florida,
1833-34, and on topographical duty August 12, 1834, to
December, 1835, making surveys in West Florida and at
Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He participated in the Florida
War against the Seminole Indians in 1836, being engaged
in the actions of Oloklikaha and Micanopy.

lie was promoted first lieutenant Second Artillery
August 16, 1836, and resigned the service September
30, 1836. After resigning from the army he was en-
gaged as civil engineer, assisting Major Bache in the
plans ofBrandywine Shoal Light-house and Crow Shoal
Breakwater, Delaware Bay, 1836-38.

On July 2, 1838, he was reappointed in the army as
first lieutenant Corps of Topographical Engineers.

He served at Washington as assistant in the Topo-
graphical Bureau in 1840-41, and in Coast Survey Office,
1844-49.

He was promoted captain Corps of Engineers May 31,
1S48, and in 1850 was detailed to make a topographic
and hydrographic survey of the delta of the Mississippi
River, with a view to its protection from inundation, and
deepening the channels at its mouth. He continued on
this detail, having general charge, till iS6[. While en-
gaged on this duty he visited Europe, examining means
for protecting delta rivers from inundations, [853-54, and
upon return he was placed in general charge, under the
War Department, of the office duties at Washington,
D. C, connected with explorations and surveys for rail-
roads from the Mississippi River to Pacific Ocean, and
geographical explorations west of Mississippi, 1854-61.

During the war of the Rebellion, 1861-65, he served
on the staff of Major-General McClellan, general-in-chief,
at Washington, D. C, from December 1, 1S61, to March

5, 1862, and in the Virginia Peninsula campaign as chief
topographical engineer of the Army of the Potomac from
March 5 to August 31, 1862, being engaged in the siege
of Yorktown, April 5 to May 4, 1862.

He was promoted major Corps of Engineers August

6, 1862, and colonel, staff additional aide-de-camp, March
5, 1862, and April 28, 1862, brigadier-general U. S. Vol-
unteers.

He served with distinction in the movements and oper-
ations against Richmond, Virginia, and on the James
27

River, May and June, 1862; in the Maryland and Rap-
pahannock campaigns, lie was brevetted colonel De-
cember 13, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services
at the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and promoted
lieutenant-colonel Corps of Engineers March 3, 1863.

He participated in the Pennsylvania campaign, being
engaged in the battle of Gettysburg, as chief of staff of
General Meade, commanding the Army of the Potomac,
from July 8, 1863, to November 25, 1S64. On July 8,
1863, he was promoted major-general U. S. Volunteers.

He participated in the movements and operations dur-
ing 1864-65 in Virginia, serving with distinction in the
various battles, actions, and sieges, and in the pursuit of
General Lee's rebel army (including the several actions
of the Second Corps, April 6, 1865, terminating at
Sailor's Creek, and actions at High Bridge and Farm-
ville, April 7, 1865), till its surrender April 9, 1865.

He was brevetted brigadier-general U. S. Army March
1 5, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services at the bat-
tle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and major-general U. S.
Army March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious ser-
vices at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia. He was
mustered out of the volunteer service May 31, 1866.

He was appointed brigadier-general and chief of en-
gineers of the U. S. Arm>- August 8, 1866, and was in
command of the Corps of Engineers and in charge of the
Engineer Bureau, August 8, 1866, until retired from active
service June 3, 1879. He died December 27, 1 883.

He was a member of the American Philosophical
Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [857, and American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts,
1863. He was the corporator of the National Academy
of Sciences since March 3, 1863; an honorary member
of the Imperial Royal Geological Institute of Vienna,
Austria, 1862, and of the Royal Institute of Science and
Art of Lombardy, Milan, Italy, 1864.

2IO

OFFICERS OF THE .IRMY AND NAVY [kegulak)

COLONEL AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY
J. HUNT. U.S.A. (deceased).

Colonel and Brevet Major-General Hexk\ J,
Hunt was born in Michigan, and graduated from the

Military Academy July i, 1839. He was promoted the
same day to second lieutenant Second Artillery, and
. rved on the Northern frontier during the Canada bor-
der disturbances. Afterwards he was stationed at posts
on the Lakes, and was promoted first lieutenant June
IS, 1846.

lie participated in the war with Mexico, and was
engaged in the siege of Vera Cruz, battle of Cerro
Gordo, capture of San Antonio, battle of Churubusco,
battle el" Molino del Rey (where he was twice wounded),
storming of Chapultepec, and assault and capture of the
City of Mexico September 13, 14, 1 S47.

For this service Lieutenant Hunt was brevetted cap-
tain August 20, 184;, "for gallant and meritorious con-
duct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico;"
and maj.»r September 13. 1S47, "for gallant and merito-
rious conduct in the battle of Chapultepec, Mexico."

After the close of the Mexican War, Lieutenant Hunt
was stationed at Fort McIIenry, Fort Monroe, and Fori
Moultrie, and was promoted captain Second Artillery
September 28, 1852. Then he was ordered on frontier
duty at boit Smith, Arkansas, and Fort Washington,
Indian Territory, until detailed as member of a board to
revise the system of light-artillery tactics, which was
adopted lor the army March 6, i860. He was at Fort
Kearney, Nebraska, in 1858; Fort Brown, Texas, in
i860, and Harper's berry, Virginia, t86i. lie was pro-
moted major filth Artillery May 14, [861, and partici-
pated in the defence of fort Pickens, to June 28, and in

the Manassas campaign of Virginia, being engaged in
the battle of first Bull Run, July 21, 1 86 1, when he was
in command of the artillery on the extreme left.

Major Hunt was chief of artillery in the defences of
Washington, south of the Potomac, until appointed colo-
nel of staff, — additional aide-de-camp, September 28,
1861, and participated in the Peninsula campaign of the
Army of the Potomac to August, 1862, in command of
the Reserve Artillery, and was engaged in the siege of
Yorktown, battle of Gaines' Mill, action of Garnett's
Farm, action of Turkey Bend, battle of Malvern Hill,
and various skirmishes.

Colonel Hunt was chief of artillery in the Maryland
campaign, and was engaged in the battles of South
Mountain and Antietam, and the subsequent march to
Falmouth, terminating with the battle of Fredericksburg.
He was in the mean time appointed brigadier-general of
volunteers September 15, 1862.

As chief of artillery, General Hunt served in all the
remaining campaigns of the Army of the Potomac to
the end of the war, and was engaged in the battles of
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, siege of Petersburg, from
June 15, 1864, to April 3, 1863, including the assaults on
the enemy's works, combat at Fort Steadman, anil pur-
suit of the enemy after the assault of April 2, 1865. until
the capitulation of General Lee, at Appomattox Court-
House, Virginia, April 9, 1S65.

He was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Third
Artillery August 1, 1SO3, and was brevetted colonel,
brigadier-general, and major-general for gallant and meri-
torious sen ices in action. He was also brevetted major-
general of volunteers Jul}- 0, 1864, for "gallantry and
distinguished conduct at the battle of Gettysburg, and
for faithful and highly meritorious services in the cam-
paign from the Rapid. in to Petersburg, Virginia."

At the cli ise 1 if the w ar ( ieneral I i unt was in command
of a camp of instruction for field artillery, near Bladens-
burg, Maryland, from June to August, 1S65, and of the
frontier district of Arkansas, at Fort Smith, from Sep-
tember, 1865, to April, 1 866, when he was mustered out
of the volunteer service. He then reverted to his rank
of lieutenant-colonel Third Artillery, and was member of
aboard for the armament of fortifications, and in com-
mand of various posts, and was promoted colonel Fifth
Artillery April 4, 1869. For a long time he was one of
the prominent candidates for brigadier-general in the
regular army; but the fates were against him, ami he-
was retired forage September 14. 1883. He died while
in command of the Soldiers' Home at Washington,
I >. C, February 1 1 , 1 SS9.

WHO SERVED TN THE CIVIL WAR.

211

CAPTAIN JAMES M. INGALLS, U.S.A.

Captain James M. Ingalls (First Artillery) was born
in the town of Sutton, Vermont, January 25, 1X37. In
his early youth his parents moved to Massachusetts,
where he began his education in the public schools.
After reaching manhood he went to the then West, and
for four years was professor of mathematics in Evans-
ville Seminary, Wisconsin. At the beginning of 1S64
he enlisted in Company A, First Battalion, Sixteenth
Regular Infantry, then stationed at Columbus, Kentucky,
as head-quarters guard, having been promised by the
captain of the company as rapid advancement to a com-
mission as possible. In the latter part of January, 1864,
Company A was ordered to join the remainder of the
regiment at Chattanooga, Tennessee, in readiness for the
opening of the Atlanta campaign. He was promoted to
second lieutenant of his regiment May 3, 1865, and served
with his company at various places in Tennessee, Georgia,
and Alabama. He was promoted first lieutenant May 3,
1S65, and upon the consolidation of regiments was trans-
ferred to the Second Infantry April 17, 1869, having per-
formed the duties of quartermaster of the First Battalion
of the Sixteenth Infantry from June 4, 1865, to Septem-
ber 21, 1866. During his tour of duty in the Southern
States he was engaged in the extremely disagreeable ser-
vice connected with reconstruction until January 1, 1871,
when he was transferred to the First Artillery, his present
regiment. lie was assigned to Battery A (Sih«ey's), sta-
tioned at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York, but was
transferred to Battery G (Elder's) for a tour of duty at the
Artillery School, Fort Monroe, May I, I 87 1.

He was transferred, May 1, 1872, to Battery M (Lang-
don's), at Plattsburg Barracks, and followed its fortunes
(including three yellow-fever epidemics at Forts Jefferson
and Barrancas) until July 1, 1880, when he was promoted
to a captaincy, and assigned to the command of Battery
A, stationed at Governor's Island, New York harbor.

In September, 1 88 1 , his battery was selected by General
Hancock to guard the Franklyn Cottage at Elberon, New
Jersey, while it was occupied by President Garfield.

At the request of General Getty, commanding the
Artillery School, Captain Ingalls was transferred to Bat-
tery G of his regiment, stationed at Fort Monroe, upon
the promotion of Captain Elder, who had for many years
been an instructor at the school. In December, 1882, at

the suggestion of Captain Ingalls, the Department of
Ballistics was created at the Artillery School and placed
in his charge, with the understanding that he should
prepare a suitable text-book for the use of the school,
which should embrace all the best modern methods
employed in Europe. This work, printed at the Artillery
School, was ready for use in September, 1883, and was
the first treatise on Exterior Ballistics ever published in
the United States. A second edition was published by
the Artillery School in January, 1885, and a third edition
from the press of D. Van Nostrand appeared in 1 886.

Other professional works prepared by Captain Ingalls
are : " Ballistic Machines," from the Artillery School
press, 1885 ; " Hand-book of Problems in Exterior
Ballistics," Artillery School, 1889; and a second edition
by John Wiley & Sons, 1890; "Ballistic Tables for
Direct, Curved, and High-Angle Fire," John Wiley &
Sons, 1891 ; " Interior Ballistics," Artillery School press,
1 891.

In addition to his ballistic work, Captain Ingalls was
senior instructor of practical artillery exercises to the
class of 1884; senior instructor of engineering to the
class of 1 888; senior instructor of electricity and defen-
sive torpedoes to the classes of 1884, 1886, 1888, and
1890; senior instructor of telegraph}- to the classes of
1S84, 1 886, and 1888 ; and senior instructor of signalling
from 8th May, 1884, to 7th September, 1888.

212

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular)

BRIGADIER- AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL RUFUS
INGALLS, U.S.A. (retired).

Brigadier- and Brevet Major-General Rufus lx-
gaj ls was born in the State of Maine, and entered the
Military Academy July 1, [839. He was promoted
brevet second lieutenant Rifles July 1, 1843, and served
on frontier duty at Forts Jesup, Louisiana, and Leaven-
worth, Kansas, till the war with Mexico, [846-47, in
which he participated, being engaged in the skirmish of
Embudo, January 29, 1847, and the assault of Pueblo de
Taos, February 4, 1847. ' )n March 17, [845, he was
promoted second lieutenant First Dragoons, and on Feb-
ruary 4, 1847, brevetted first lieutenant, for gallant and
meritorious conduct in the conflicts .it Kmbudo and Taos.

After completing a tour of recruiting service, 1847-48,
he accompanied the troops on the voyage to California,
via Cape Horn, in [848, and was on duty as quarter-
master, .md served at various posts in California till 1853,
when he returned to Washington. He served with the
Colonel Steptoe Expedition across the continent via
Leavenworth, Kansas, and Salt Lake, Utah, to San
Francisco, California, 1854-55 ; and at various posts till .
[86l, being on the commission to examine the war-debt
of Oregon and Washington Territory, 1857—58, he having
been, in the mean time, promoted first lieutenant, Febru-
ary [6, 1 S47 ; and captain (on staff, assistant quarter-
master) January \2, (848.

During the war of the Rebellion he served at Fort
Pickens, Florida, from April 20 to July 15, 186] ; and as
chief quartermaster of the forces occupying the defences

of Washington, D. C, south of the Potomac; and at
Annapolis, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia, receiving
transports and superintending the embarkation of the
Army of the Potomac to the Virginia Peninsula cam-
paign, March 1 to April 2, 1862.

( )n September 28, 1861, he was promoted lieutenant-
colonel of staff, additional aide-de-camp, and major of
staff, quartermaster, January 12, icS62, for fourteen years'
continuous service as captain.

Dining the year [862 General Ingalls had charge of
the depots of Port Monroe, Cheeseman's Creek, York-
town, and White House, Virginia; and transferred stores
to Harrison's Landing via York and James Rivers, after
General McClellan's " change of base." He was then
appointed chief quartermaster of the Army of the Poto-
mac, and served in this capacity until the close of the
war, being present at the battles of South Mountain,
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
and in pursuit of the enemy to Warrenton, Virginia. He
participated in the Mine Run operations, organized sup-
pi)' depots on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and
participated in the campaigns of 1864-65, being present
at the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold
Harbor, and siege of Petersburg and Richmond, and
established the great army depot at City Point, Virginia.

He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers May
2T,, 1863, and at the close of the war was brevetted
lieutenant-colonel, col'onel, and brigadier-general U. S.
Army, for meritorious and distinguished services, and
major-general of volunteers and U. S. Army, for faithful
and meritorious services.

He was promoted lieutenant-colonel and deputy-quar-
termaster-general Jul}' 28, 1866; colonel and assistant
quartermaster-general July 29, 1866.

While chief quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac,
General Ingalls displayed great executive ability in sup-
plying that vast arm)- with stores always at the proper
time and in the proper place.

Upon the disbandment of that army the general re-
mained on duty at Washington City to May 4, 1866,
when he was ordered on special inspection duty across
the continent to Oregon, which occupied him until the
following December. He was then on waiting orders to
March 31, 1867, when he was detailed as chief quarter-
master at New York City. He served there and at
other stations until he was appointed brigadier-general

and quartermaster-general February

1SS2, which

position he continued to fill until retired from active
service, at his own request, July I, 1883.

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.

213

MAJOR JAMES JACKSON. U.S.A.

Major James Jackson (Second Cavalry) was born
near Deckertown, in Sussex Count}-, New Jersey, No-
vember 21, 1833. After graduating from the Philadel-
phia High School, he moved to the West, and was li\ ing
in Iowa when the war 1 if the Rebellion broke out. In
the fall of 1 861 he recruited men for the Twelfth Regi-
ment of Iowa Volunteers, under a recruiting commission
from Colonel William B. Allison. But in November,
1861, he enlisted in the Twelfth U. S. Infantry, under
Captain Newbury, of that regiment, and was placed on
recruiting duty for the regular army.

In August, 1862, he went " to the field," in Virginia,
a sergeant of Company C, Second Battalion, Twelfth
Infantry, and was engaged in the battles of Antietam
and Fredericksburg. In April, 1863, he was com-
missioned in the regular service as a lieutenant in the
Twelfth Infantry, and as such took part in the battles of
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Peters-
burg, Weldon Railroad, Peeble's Farm, and Hatcher's
Run, receiving the brevets of captain ami major for
" gallant services in battle."

In November, 1864, the Twelfth Infantry was sent
from the field to Elmira, New York, to recruit and guard
Confederate prisoners. While engaged in the latter duty
Lieutenant Jackson was detailed on regimental recruiting
service, and on expiration of this tour he joined the
regiment at Russell Barracks, in Washington, D. C,
being assigned to the Third Battalion of that regiment,
now become the Thirtieth Infantry.

He accompanied the regiment to Nebraska in January,
1867, and was on duty at various places in the Depart-
ment of the Platte, protecting the builders of the Union
Pacific Railway from hostile Indians, until the consoli-
dation of the infantry regiments in 1S69, when, becom-
ing an unassigned captain, the department commander,
General C. C. Augur, placed him on duty as post quar-
termaster at Fort Steele, to complete the construction
of that post.

In January, 1871, Captain Jackson was transferred to
the First Cavalry, and joined his troop, B, at Camp
Warner, in Oregon, changing station, soon after, to Fort
Klamath, ( )regon, and taking command of the post. In
November, 1872, he was sent with a portion of his troop
to place Captain Jack's band of Modoc Indians on their
reservation, and in endeavoring to carry out these orders
had a fight with them on Lost River, in Oregon, which
commenced the " Modoc War." He was engaged in all

subsequent operations against these Indians until their
surrender, and was recommended for the brevet of lieuten-
ant-colonel by General Jeff. C. Davis, commanding the
tii h ips in the field.

During the Nez Perce war he was directed to join
General Howard, with his troop, in Idaho. His timely
arrival on the Clearwater, at Cottonwood Canon, with
reinforcements for the troops engaged in fighting Joseph's
band of Xez Perces, broke the resistance of these Indians,
and caused the defeat and evacuation of their fortified
position. He joined in the pursuit of these Indians as
far as the Judith Basin, in Montana, from which point
the cavalry troops were directed to return to their
stations. Captain Jackson was recommended by General
1 low aid for a brevet for his services at Clearwater and
during the campaign.

He was promoted major oi tin; Second Cavalry De-
cember 28, [889, and is at present on duty at Fort Win-
gate, New Mexico.

Major Jackson's great-grandfather, Colonel Benjamin
Loxley, of Philadelphia, org, mixed ami was captain of
the " Philadelphia Light-Horse," the first cavalry troop
raised in Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War,
Colonel Loxley also raised and commanded " the First
Artillery Company" of Philadelphia, which did such
effective work during the war for independence, and was
a volunteer aide on General Washington's staff at Valley-
Forge, and at other times until independence was achieved.
He was also a lieutenant in the Pennsylvania division of
Braddoek's arm)', and assisted in bringing off the British
troops after General Braddoek's defeat.

214

OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY regular)

MEDICAL DIRECTOR SAMUEL JACKSON, U.S.N.
(retired).

Medical Direi tor Samuel Jackson was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the Uni-
versity of that State, he was appointed assistant surgeon
in the navy, from North Carolina, in June, [838. In
January, [839, he received orders for sea-duty, on board
the United States frigate " Constitution," which vessel
went, as flag-ship of the Pacific Squadron, for a term of
three years. In those days the cruising was mostly in
the South Pacific, California being seldom visited by any
ships, except those which went there lor trade, and t<>
collect hide--, the real currency of the country, in return.
Returning to the East from this cruise, Dr. [ackson was,
after a short leave of absence, ordered to the " Mi^iV
sippi," the first steam-frigate of the United States navy.
In that vessel he served during 1S41 and a part of 1S42.
lie was then ordered to the frigate "Congress," of the
Mediterranean Squadron. He was afterwards detached
upon the station, and served, in succession, in the
" Preble," " Fairfield," and frigate " Cumberland," during
the years 1 S43 to 1S45.

Tlie year 1846 found him on duty at the navy-yard at

Philadelphia ; but, the Mexican War impending, he was
ordered to the razee "Independence," flag-ship of the
Pacific Squadron, and served on board that ship until
the conclusion of the peace, 1X46-49.

In 1849-50 he was at the Philadelphia Navy- Yard,
and then went to the receiving-ship " Franklin," at
Boston, and thence to sea-service again in the "John
Adams," and the " Decatur," of the Home Squadron.

He was commissioned as surgeon in September, 1852.
During 1854—55 he was surgeon of the rendezvous al
New York. He then made a long cruise on the coast of
Africa, in the sloop-of-war "St. Louis," and on his re-
turn was stationed at the navy-yard at New York from
1858 to [86l.

During the early part of the Civil War he served in
the frigates " Wabash" and " Cumberland," and partici-
pated in the bombardment and capture of the Confeder-
ate forts at Hatteras Inlet. Soon after he was ordered to
the " Brooklyn," of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron,
and served in her for nearly two years, on the blockade
of Mobile and the passes, and then, under Farragut,
made the passage of the Mississippi forts, the Chal